VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland.
Accid Anal Prev. 2013 Jan;50:1207-10. doi: 10.1016/j.aap.2012.09.023. Epub 2012 Oct 5.
This study was designed to evaluate the potential safety importance of the walking direction along a road by examining pedestrian accidents as a function of exposure to risk. The study was limited to rural two-lane roads with no pavement or pedestrian lane. The accident data included police-reported road accidents from Finland between 2006 and 2010 in which a motorized vehicle had struck a pedestrian walking along the road. There were 18 accidents involving a fatally injured pedestrian and 87 accidents involving a non-fatally injured pedestrian. The exposure data collected from the roughly 3400km included 258 pedestrians. The main finding was that the mean effect of facing traffic compared to walking with traffic was a 77% decrease in fatal and in non-fatal injury pedestrian accidents. The results further showed that the effects were greater for main roads than for secondary roads. The main implication of this study is that information about the importance of facing traffic should be reinforced with specific information about its substantial safety benefits.
本研究旨在评估行人沿道路行走方向的潜在安全重要性，通过研究暴露于风险的情况下的行人事故。研究仅限于没有人行道或行人道的农村双车道公路。事故数据包括 2006 年至 2010 年期间芬兰警方报告的道路事故，其中机动车撞击了沿道路行走的行人。有 18 起事故涉及致命受伤的行人，87 起事故涉及非致命受伤的行人。从大约 3400 公里处收集的暴露数据包括 258 名行人。主要发现是，与与交通方向一致行走相比，面对交通的平均效果使致命和非致命伤害行人事故减少了 77%。结果还表明，主干道的效果大于次要道路。本研究的主要意义是，应通过有关其重大安全效益的具体信息来加强关于面对交通重要性的信息。
