An evaluation method for safety applied to public sports facilities in urban communities.

Public sports facilities' safety evaluation index system in urban communities is not perfect, and accidents occur frequently in community physical exercise. To reduce the safety risk of public sports facilities in urban communities, this study uses the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) and delphi method to examine the risk factors that have an impact on the security of public sports facilities in urban communities. We build a safety evaluation index system of public sports facilities in urban communities, which contains 4 first-level indicators, 9 s-level indicators, and 49 third-level indicators, based on the accident system elements of the safety system theory, namely 'equipment-man-management-environment'. Empirical research was conducted by randomly selecting two communities as case studies. The results show that: Among the first-level indicators, the highest weight coefficients are equipment factor (0.4724) and personnel factor (0.2527), followed by management factor (0.1761) and environmental factor (0.0988). This evaluation system is an effective tool for evaluating public sports facilities' safety in communities.•The present situation of public sports facilities in urban communities is investigated on the spot, collect and analyze accident cases, the safety problems of community public sports facilities are summarized.•A safety evaluation model is developed successfully. Security and sports experts are combined to study the index system to ensure the scientificity and effectiveness of the index•The public sports facilities in Community A, located in the main urban district, and Community B, situated in a suburban area, are selected as case study subjects for empirical application. A safety evaluation is conducted on the public sports facilities in these two communities, resulting in safety rating classifications for each.