Conceptual Data Structures and the Statistical Modelling of Road Accidents

Modelling the effects of land use and temporal factors on child pedestrian casualties

“…Land use as a principal determinant of trips is one of the main influencing factors for road-based environments and its related variables which include traffic flows, speed limits and pedestrian activities (Lupton et al, 1999). As reported by Ben-Akiva and Bowman (1995), land use has been shown to be the major factor in the generation and attraction of traffic.…”

“…In 2000, the British Government launched its strategy for road safety improvement; one of the highlights of which was setting casualty reduction targets based on casualty numbers during 1994-1999(DfT, 2000. The target that set by the DfT (2000) was to reduce traffic related child deaths and serious injuries by 50% by 2010.…”