Pedestrian's exposure to road traffic crashes in urban environment: A case study of Peshawar, Pakistan.

This study was aimed at exploring accident statistics and suggesting counter measures to mitigate road traffic crashes in Peshawar, Pakistan, and was conducted in 2015-16. Data was extracted from all 30 police stations in cantonment, city and rural circles for the 2003-12 period. A total of 3,280 crashes were reported, including 856(26%) fatal and 2,424(74%) non-fatal ones. Moreover, 602(69%) fatalities and 1,782(59%) injuries of overall road traffic fatalities and injuries during the period studied were borne by pedestrians. No regular annual pattern was noticed for overall and pedestrians' fatalities and injuries. Detailed RTCs' analysis, police officials' interviews and engineering judgement during field visits indicate that there is a dire deficiency of physical infrastructure for pedestrians, signage and markings. There is a need to improve post-crash evaluation and implement counter measures for speed control.