Evidence for Pedestrians - Safe Route Planning

Reported Road Casualties Great Britain: 2014 annual report

Detailed statistics of road accidents and casualties reported to the police in Great Britain in 2014.

Author(s): Department for Transport

Published: Department for Transport, 2015
Date Added: 09 Oct 2015
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Reported Road Casualties Great Britain: 2013 annual report

Statistics are compiled from the STATS19 database of road traffic RTIs

Author(s): Department for Transport

Published: Department for Transport, 2014
Date Added: 08 Jan 2015
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Developing safe route planning strategies in young child pedestrians

Objectives: To assess two action-based methods for improving road safety judgements relating to safe crossing points.

Author(s): J Thomson

Published: University of Strathclyde, 1997
Date Added: 28 Jan 2013
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The safety of vulnerable road users in the southern, eastern and central European countries

Objectives: A policy paper outlining recommendations for vulnerable road users in EU countries with below average road safety records.

Author(s): A. Avenoso and J. Beckmann

Published: European Transport Safety Council, 2005
Date Added: 28 Jan 2013
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Factors influencing pedestrian safety: a literature review (PPR 241)

Objectives: A report for Transport for London to ascertain ways in which pedestrian behaviour may be influenced to reduce casualties in London.

Author(s): A. Martin

Published: TRL, 2006
Date Added: 28 Jan 2013
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The influences of demographics and individual differences on children’s selection of risky pedestrian routes

Objectives: To determine the roles of age, gender, ethnicity, family income and inhibitory control on children’s selection of safe pedestrian routes.

Author(s): B. Barton and D. Schwebel

Published: Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 2006
Date Added: 28 Jan 2013
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Traffic safety and safe routes to schools: Synthesising the empirical evidence

Objectives: To summarise what is known about the substantive safety effects of safety measures which comprise the Safe Routes To School (SRTS) programme. To identify areas where knowledge gaps exist.

Author(s): E. Dumbaugh and L. Frank

Published: Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2007
Date Added: 28 Jan 2013
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How far, by which route and why? A spatial analysis of pedestrian preference

Objectives: To better understand trip lengths and route choices of American pedestrians.

Author(s): A. Agrawal, M. Schlossberg and K. Irvin

Published: Journal of Urban Design, Vol. 13. No. 1, 81-98, 2008
Date Added: 28 Jan 2013
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Evaluation of the safety benefits of legacy safe routes to school programs

Objectives: To investigate a RTI-based evaluation of the Safe Routes To School (SRTS) programme, and to determine if such an evaluation is feasible to examine the safety effects of the legacy SRTS program.

Author(s): R. Blomberg, A. Cleven, F. Thomas III and R. Peck

Published: NHTSA, 2008
Date Added: 28 Jan 2013
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The play strategy

Objectives: To establish a strategy to deliver significantly improved play spaces for children.

Author(s): Department for Children, Schools and Families, and Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Published: Department for Children, Schools and Families, and Department for Culture, Media and Sport, 2008
Date Added: 28 Jan 2013
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Road Safety Observatory

Safe Route Planning

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