Citation

Al-Masaeid HR, Obaidat MT, Gharaybeh FA. J. Traffic Med. 1997; 25(3-4): 65-70.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1997, International Association for Accident and Traffic Medicine)

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Abstract

Objective: This study investigated the impact of traffic, geometric, and environmental/land-use variables that contribute to increasing the frequency of pedestrian accidents on urban arterial midblocks in Irbid city, Jordan. Methods: A 68 arterial midblocks were selected regardless of their past accidents history. Data on arterial geometric, traffic operation, and land- use characteristics were obtained through field survey. Negative binomial regression was performed to investigate the effect of the included variables on pedestrian accidents. Results: The results indicated that about 64 percent of pedestrian accidents occurred on urban arterials, of which 74 percent occurred within midblock areas. Despite that the sample size was relativly small, the results revealed that (1) the peak traffic flow, (2) percentage of commercial and green areas along each midblock, (3) number of public buildings frontage along arterials that provide pedestrian-attracting locations, (4) average sidewalk width, and (5) parking conditions significantly (95 percent confidence level) influenced the midblock pedestrian accidents. Conclusion: Most of pedestrian accidents in urban areas occur along arterials. To reduce this problem, land-use and arterial environment should be adapted. The land-use along arterials should be restricted to non-pedestrian-attracting activities.