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T1 Pedestrians’ Injury Severity in Traffic Accidents in Spain: A Pedestrian Actions Approach
A1 Febres Eguiguren, Juan Diego
A1 Mariscal Saldaña, Miguel Ángel
A1 Herrera, Sixto
A1 García Herrero, Susana
K1 Road traffics injuries
K1 Pedestrian injury
K1 Bayesian networks
K1 Human behaviour factors
K1 Infrastructure
K1 Vehicle conditions
K1 Tecnología
K1 Technology
K1 Transporte
K1 Transportation
K1 Salud
K1 Health
AB Road traffic accidents are currently between the seventh and tenth leading cause of death in the world, with approximately 1.35 million people killed per year. Despite extensive efforts by governments, according to the World Health Organization, road accidents still cause far too many deaths, especially among pedestrians, cyclists and two-wheel motor vehicle riders, who together account for almost 50% of road traffic fatalities. In particular, Spain had 410,974 traffic accidents between 2016 and 2019, involving 722,516 vehicles and 61,177 pedestrians with varying degrees of injury. This study uses the Bayesian network method to understand how the pedestrians’ responsibility and actions at the time of the traffic accident affect the injury suffered by said pedestrian, also considering the variables of the road infrastructure and vehicles at the accident site. The results confirm that the variables linked to the unsafe behavior of pedestrians, and their responsibility in traffic accidents, increase the risk of suffering serious or fatal injuries during an accident; for example, if a pedestrian is distracted this increases his/her probability of suffering a severe injury (27.86%) with respect to not being distracted (20.73%). Conditions related to traffic in high-speed areas, areas with no or poor lighting, and areas lacking sidewalks, also record increases in pedestrian injury, as is the case in the age group of pedestrians over 60 years of age.
PB MDPI
SN 2071-1050
YR 2021
FD 2021-06
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10259/9014
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10259/9014
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Burgos
RD 18-may-2024