CSIR-Building and Road Research Institute, Kumasi, Ghana.
Accid Anal Prev. 2013 Apr;53:23-7. doi: 10.1016/j.aap.2012.12.021. Epub 2013 Jan 28.
The number of pedestrians who have died as a result of being hit by vehicles has increased in recent years, in addition to vehicle passenger deaths. Many pedestrians who were involved in road traffic accident died as a result of the driver leaving the pedestrian who was struck unattended at the scene of the accident. This paper seeks to determine the effect of road and environmental characteristics on pedestrian hit-and-run accidents in Ghana. Using pedestrian accident data extracted from the National Road Traffic Accident Database at the Building and Road Research Institute (BRRI) of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Ghana, a binary logit model was employed in the analysis. The results from the estimated model indicate that fatal accidents, unclear weather, nighttime conditions, and straight and flat road sections without medians and junctions significantly increase the likelihood that the vehicle driver will leave the scene after hitting a pedestrian. Thus, integrating median separation and speed humps into road design and construction and installing street lights will help to curb the problem of pedestrian hit-and-run accidents in Ghana.
近年来，除了车辆乘客死亡外，因被车辆撞击而死亡的行人数量也有所增加。许多涉及道路交通意外的行人因司机未在事故现场照顾被撞行人而死亡。本文旨在探讨加纳道路和环境特征对行人肇事逃逸事故的影响。研究使用了从加纳科学与工业研究理事会建筑与道路研究所的国家道路交通事故数据库中提取的行人事故数据，采用二元逻辑模型进行了分析。估计模型的结果表明，致命事故、天气不清、夜间条件以及没有中央分隔带和路口的直平路段显著增加了车辆驾驶员在撞击行人后离开现场的可能性。因此，在道路设计和施工中融入中央分隔带分离和减速带，并安装路灯，将有助于遏制加纳行人肇事逃逸事故的问题。
