@article{ref1,
title="Stop versus yield on pedestrian-involved fatal crashes in the United States",
journal="Accident analysis and prevention",
year="2009",
author="Kweon, Young-Jun and Hartman, S. Emily and Lynn, Cheryl W.",
volume="41",
number="5",
pages="1034-1039",
abstract="In an effort to improve pedestrian safety, several states in the United States changed their pedestrian laws by changing the requirement that drivers yield to pedestrians in crosswalks to a requirement that drivers stop for pedestrians in crosswalks. This study examined whether this change had an effect on pedestrian safety in the United States, with its focus on low-speed roads. To examine the association between changes in pedestrian laws and changes in pedestrian-involved fatal crashes, three approaches were employed: before-after analysis, time-series analysis, and cross-sectional analysis. Pedestrian-involved fatal traffic crashes on low-speed roads were extracted from the U.S. national fatal crash database, the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), from 1980 through 2005. This study found no statistically significant reduction in pedestrian-involved fatal crashes attributable to changes in the laws, yet this finding is not definitive because of study limitations such as the omission of relevant exposure data.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0001-4575",
doi="10.1016/j.aap.2009.06.013",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2009.06.013"
}