Pedestrian crashes: higher injury severity and mortality rate for light truck vehicles compared with passenger vehicles

Abstract

Introduction: During the last two decades changes in vehicle design and increase in the number of the light truck vehicles (LTVs) and vans have led to changes in pedestrian injury profile. Due to the dynamic nature of the pedestrian crashes biomechanical aspects of collisions can be better evaluated in field studies. Design and settings: The Pedestrian Crash Data Study, conducted from 1994 to 1998, provided a solid database upon which details and mechanism of pedestrian crashes can be investigated. Results: From 552 recorded cases in this database, 542 patients had complete injury related information, making a meaningful study of pedestrian crash characteristics possible. Pedestrians struck by LTVs had a higher risk (29%) of severe injuries (abbreviated injury scale >4) compared with passenger vehicles (18%) (p = 0.02). After adjustment for pedestrian age and impact speed, LTVs were associated with 3.0 times higher risk of severe injuries (95% confidence interval (CI) 1.26 to 7.29, p = 0.013). Mortality rate for pedestrians struck by LTVs (25%) was two times higher than that for passenger vehicles (12%) (p,0.001). Risk of death for LTV crashes after adjustment for pedestrian age and impact speed was 3.4 times higher than that for passenger vehicles (95% CI 1.45 to 7.81, p = 0.005). Conclusion: Vehicle type strongly influences risk of severe injury and death to pedestrian. This may be due in part to the front end design of the vehicle. Hence vehicle front end design, especially for LTVs, should be considered in future motor vehicle safety standards.

Mixed logit analysis of bicyclist injury severity resulting from motor vehicle crashes at intersection and non-intersection locations

“…Pickup trucks are also found to increases the likelihood of severe bicyclist injuries at intersection locations, consistent with past research in other areas that shows such vehicles to exacerbate the severity of injuries (Ulfarsson and Mannering, 2004;Roudsari et al, 2004;Lee and Mannering, 2002). Vans, another relatively large vehicle, were found to increase the probability of severe bicyclist injuries by 141.3 percent at intersection locations.…”

Severity of road crashes involving pedestrians in Metro Manila, Philippines

“…Logistic binomial regression (Miles-Doan, 1996;Sciortino and Chiapello, 2005;Dovom et al, 2012;Sze and Wong, 2007;Ballesteros et al, 2004;Roudsari et al, 2004;Al-Ghamdi, 2002), chi-square test (Kouabenan and Guyot, 2004) and ordered-response models (Eluru et al, 2008;Kim et al, 2008;Kim et al, 2010;Zajac and Ivan, 2003;Clifton et al, 2009) are the most commonly used methods. Most of these studies also focus on developed country contexts.…”

Analysis of Factors Influencing the Vehicle Damage Level in Fatal Truck-Related Accidents and Differences in Rural and Urban Areas

“…The difference between truck weight in terms of vehicle damage level is statistically significant for a slightly lower probability to disabling damage (rural: -0.010, urban: -0.063) and functional damage (rural: -0.013, urban: -0.049). Obvious conclusion that light truck is prone to increase the probability of more severe crash is also found by [33,36,37].…”