ScienceDirectAvailableonlineatwww.sciencedirect.comTransportationResearchProcedia27(2017)1113–11202352-1465©2017TheAuthors.PublishedbyElsevierB.V.Peer-reviewunderresponsibilityofthescientificcommitteeofthe20thEUROWorkingGrouponTransportationMeeting.10.1016/j.trpro.2017.12.113www.elsevier.com/locate/procedia10.1016/j.trpro.2017.12.1132352-1465Availableonlineatwww.sciencedirect.comScienceDirectTransportationResearchProcedia00(2017)000–000www.elsevier.com/locate/procedia2214-241X©2017TheAuthors.PublishedbyElsevierB.V.Peer-reviewunderresponsibilityofthescientificcommitteeofthe20thEUROWorkingGrouponTransportationMeeting.20thEUROWorkingGrouponTransportationMeeting,EWGT2017,4-6September2017,Budapest,HungaryStatisticalAnalysisoftheOccurrenceandSeverityofCrashesInvolvingVulnerableRoadUsersMarianaVilaçaa,*,NéliaSilvab,MargaridaC.CoelhoaaUniversityofAveiro,DepartmentofMechanicalEngineering/CentreforMechanicalTechnology,CampusUniversitáriodeSantiago,3810-193Aveiro,PortugalbUniversityofAveiro,DepartmentofMathematics/CentreforResearch&DevelopmentinMathematicsandApplications,CampusUniversitáriodeSantiago,3810-193Aveiro,PortugalAbstractCitieshavebeenoftenorganizedintermsofplanningwithspecialattentiontomotorvehiclesandnotwellpreparedforpedestriansandcyclists.Inordertoprivilegeactivemodes,thereistheneedtoensurethesafetyofthesevulnerableroadusers.Themainobjectiveofthispaperistoimplementastatisticalanalysistoassesstheoccurrenceandseverityofroadcrashesinvolvingvulnerableroadusers.Thisresearchisfocusedonanalyzingthetrendsandcausesofroadcrashesinvolvingcyclistsandpedestriansandwhatarethemaindifficultiesthatpeopleusingactivemodesdofaceintheirjourneys.Inordertoreachthisobjective,adatabaseofcrashesregistrationsinvolvingmotorvehiclesandvulnerableroadusersfromAveiro,Portugal,between2012and2015wascreated.Thisanalysisintendstoevaluatetheevolutionofthenumberofcrashesandtocreatepatternsofriskfactorssuchasweatherconditions,specificlocationsandsingularitiesthatmightrepresentadditionalrisk,profileofpedestrianorcyclistinvolved.Regardingtheanalyzedvariablesthatcharacterizecrashesparticipations,thedependentvariablesconsideredwere:meteorologicalconditions,location,proximitytoapedestrians’crosswalkandgenderoftheVRU.Theprobabilityofthevulnerableroaduserbeingapedestrianincreasesby2.7timesifthecrashoccursonaurbanstreetsegment,10.6timesifthecrashoccursatapedestrians’crosswalk,and3.5timesiftheVRUisafemale.©2017TheAuthors.PublishedbyElsevierB.V.Peer-reviewunderresponsibilityofthescientificcommitteeofthe20thEUROWorkingGrouponTransportationMeeting.Keywords:Vulnerableroadusers(VRUs),cyclists,pedestrians,crashes,statisticalanalysis.*Correspondingauthor.Tel.:+351234378172;fax:+351234370953.E-mailaddress:mvilaca@ua.pt1114MarianaVilaçaetal./TransportationResearchProcedia27(2017)1113–11202Vilaça,Silva,Coelho/TransportationResearchProcedia00(2017)000–0001.IntroductionandObjectivesWalkingandcyclingareactivetransportationmodesthatarebeingpromotedassustainable,healthy,environmentallyfriendly,inexpensiveandconvenientforshortdistancejourneys.Despitetheenvironmentalandhealthbenefitsofwalkingandcycling,usersofthesetransportationmodesareexposedtoahigherriskofinjuryandfatalityinroadcrashes.Thus,pedestriansandcyclistsareoftenreferredtoas“vulnerableroadusers”(VRUs).IntheEuropeanUnionabout138.400pedestriansandcyclistsl...
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