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Citation |
Al-Senan SH, Ergün G, Al-Khabbaz A. Transp. Res. Rec. 1993; 1405: 49-55. |
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Copyright |
(Copyright © 1993, Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences USA, Publisher SAGE Publishing) |
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Abstract |
Pedestrian accidents are a serious safety problem in Saudi Arabia. Statistics indicate that in 1986, 16% of motor vehicle accidents in Saudi Arabia involved pedestrians. A lack of detailed local pedestrian accident data makes it difficult to understand the nature of the problem, so a better understanding of the pedestrian safety problem is sought through the analysis of a pedestrian accident data set gathered specifically for such research. The data needed were collected following special arrangements with the traffic police departments of two large cities, Dammam and Riyadh, and two small cities, Qasim and Qatif. The analysis of the data indicated that although some characteristics of the pedestrian safety problem were common to all four cities, each city also had unique problems. Smaller cities appear, in general, to have a more serious problem than larger cities. The Saudi Arabian pedestrian accident experience is markedly different from the U.S. experience in some respects and almost identical in others. Language: en |