Exploring the determinants of older adults’ susceptibility to pedestrians’ incidents

Doulabi, Saba; Hassan, Hany M.; Ferguson, Mark; Razavi, Saiedeh; Páez, Antonio

doi:10.1016/j.aap.2021.106100

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“…Moreover, in the case of observance/misobservance of the right-of-way rules, it is not clear whether the fault was on the part of the pedestrian or the vehicle. Nevertheless, it can be noted that a relatively high percentage of accidents are due to an error on the part of the elderly, which again is consistent with the results of [6], and also the 28% from disregarding the right-of-way rules can lead to the assumption that an error on the part of the pedestrian was the basis of the accident. This aspect highlights the need for a clearer or better regulated right-of-way system for elderly pedestrians, where there is no doubt about which road user has priority.…”

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confidence: 83%

“…The months when most accidents occur are the winter ones, suggesting that external conditions-both the weather and road surface-are not ideal for older people. In addition, the elderly may find themselves in a riskier situation in such conditions, leading them to engage in behaviors of self-failure that are highlighted by [6]. In contrast to this finding, it was indicated that a large proportion of the accidents occurred during daylight hours.…”

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confidence: 89%

“…They identified three main difficulties: reduced walking ability and insecurity when trying to avoid an obstacle, wayfinding and navigation skills that decline with increasing age, and road crossing. In [6], the authors presented the results of a survey conducted among a group of older people in southern Ontario. The results confirmed three factors that affect older pedestrians' susceptibility to accidents, namely, walking difficulties, fear of falling, and the capability to judge a crossing.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Elderly Pedestrians and Road Safety: Findings from the Slovenian Accident Database and Measures for Improving Their Safety

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The number of elderly people is increasing worldwide, especially in Europe. Such an aging of the population has numerous consequences for society, many of which relate to transportation: older people, aware of their reduced abilities, prefer walking to driving. This leads to an increase in the elderly walking population and thus the need to understand and address the safety issues of these road users. Although these issues are well known, this topic has been little researched so far. The objective of this research is to provide a deeper insight into the safety level of elderly pedestrians by recognizing repetitive patterns leading to accidents involving them, to highlight the magnitude of the problem by analyzing a 10-year pedestrian crash database, to develop a model predicting—on the basis of the recognized patterns—the severity level of collisions involving older pedestrians, and, finally, on the basis of the highlighted factors, to propose some countermeasures to improve their safety. In order to achieve this goal, first, a statistical analysis of the database is performed, considering 13 factors that lead to accidents. Second, Kolmogorov–Smirnov and Anderson–Darling tests are performed to check if the data follow a normal distribution. Finally, an ordinal logistic regression model is proposed to determine the relationship between the crash severity level and the factors characterizing collisions. Thanks to this model, the statistical influencing factors are highlighted. Finally, based on the previous analysis, some technical and educational countermeasures are proposed.

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Elderly Pedestrians and Road Safety: Findings from the Slovenian Accident Database and Measures for Improving Their Safety

2023

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“…Two goodness of fit measures were used to evaluate the performance of the model in this paper: Standardized Root Mean Square Residual (SRMR) and Goodness of Fit Index (GFI). A GFI value of 0.9 or above as well as a SRMR value of 0.05 or lower represent a good fit ( Doulabi et al, 2021 , Rezaei et al, 2019 , Asparouhov and Muthén, 2009).…”

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Near-term impact of COVID-19 pandemic on seniors’ crash size and severity

Doulabi

Hassan

2023

Accident Analysis & Prevention

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“…Data on falls is primarily collected by hospital emergency departments without being georeferenced, limiting our understanding of the environmental circumstances that precipitated the injury. Further, many minor injuries from falls are not captured in official data, yet the resulting fear of falling, especially for older adults and people with physical disabilities, may restrict a person's mobility and contribute to poor health ( 17 , 18 ). Injuries resulting from collisions between pedestrians and motor vehicles are also a serious health issue, with pedestrians accounting for 17.8% of road fatalities in Canada in 2019 ( 19 ).…”

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WalkRollMap.org: Crowdsourcing barriers to mobility

Laberee

Nelson²,

Boss³

et al. 2023

Front. Rehabil. Sci.

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Walking is a simple way to improve health through physical activity. Yet many people experience barriers to walking from a variety of physical, social, and psychological factors that impact their mobility. A challenge for managing and studying pedestrian environments is that barriers often occur at local scales (e.g., sidewalk features), yet such fine scale data on pedestrian facilities and experiences are often lacking or out of date. In response, our team developed WalkRollMap.org an online mapping tool that empowers communities by providing them with tools for crowdsourcing their own open data source. In this manuscript we highlight key functions of the tool, discuss initial approaches to community outreach, and share trends in reporting from the first nine months of operation. As of July 27, 2022, there have been 897 reports, of which 53% served to identify hazards, 34% missing amenities, and 14% incidents. The most frequently reported issues were related to sidewalks (15%), driver behavior (19%), and marked crosswalks (7%). The most common suggested amenities were sidewalks, marked crosswalks, connections (i.e., pathways between streets), and curb cuts. The most common types of incidents all included conflicts with vehicles. Data compiled through WalkRollMap.org offer unique potential for local and timely information on microscale barriers to mobility and are available for use by anyone as data are open and downloadable.

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Exploring the determinants of older adults’ susceptibility to pedestrians’ incidents

Cited by 12 publications

References 25 publications

Elderly Pedestrians and Road Safety: Findings from the Slovenian Accident Database and Measures for Improving Their Safety

Elderly Pedestrians and Road Safety: Findings from the Slovenian Accident Database and Measures for Improving Their Safety

Near-term impact of COVID-19 pandemic on seniors’ crash size and severity

WalkRollMap.org: Crowdsourcing barriers to mobility

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