Pedestrian Accidents - Actual Trend in the Czech Republic

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F44994575%3A_____%2F13%3A%230001136" target="_blank" >RIV/44994575:_____/13:#0001136 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="http://tots.cdv.cz/file/tots-2013-4" target="_blank" >http://tots.cdv.cz/file/tots-2013-4</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/v10158-012-0041-0" target="_blank" >10.2478/v10158-012-0041-0</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Pedestrian Accidents - Actual Trend in the Czech Republic

Original language description

There are many factors that play a role in pedestrian and motor vehicle collisions. This paper explores some of the factors on the basis of police records, involving pedestrian accidents in the Czech Republic in the period between 2008 and 2012; the sample consisting of 19454 participants. This paper explores the impact of pedestrian factors (visibility, accident location, weather, and so on) on pedestrian collisions. The purpose of the crosstabs analysis was to determine if there is a relationship in these selected factors; the relevance of the factors was examined in a group, not independently. The analysis identified the children and elderly as the most vulnerable road users, with the emphasis given to higher mortality of elderly people and higher tendency of children to violate traffic rules. The majority of pedestrian collisions took place when crossing between parked vehicles (including bus stops) and on unprotected road sections without pedestrian crossings. The results also sho

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

AN - Psychology

OECD FORD branch

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Project

<a href="/en/project/ED2.1.00%2F03.0064" target="_blank" >ED2.1.00/03.0064: Transport R&D Centre</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2013

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Transactions on Transport Sciences

ISSN

1802-9876

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

6

Issue of the periodical within the volume

4

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

8

Pages from-to

145-152

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

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