The vulnerability of pedestrians in public streets of Mashhad

Behrouz Davoodi¹ Ali Ghiami Bajgirani²

1) Master of civil engineering, Orientation Road and Transportation, Eqbal Lahoori Institute Higher Education
2) Assistant professor, Faculty member at Eqbal Lahoori Institute Higher Education, Civil Engineering Department

IOI Code : XBCK-DCBFD
Publication : Demo - Website of Saman Conference Management System(eaconf.ir)
Abstract :
    Pedestrians traffic fatalities in Iran account for one quarter of the total driving accidents’ fatalities, whose share in suburban and rural roads is 12.5% and 19.3%, respectively. The share of women and girls pedestrian deaths in Mashhad city is about 9% more than its national average (18%). About 70% of pedestrians who lost their lives in crashes have been illiterate or with elementary education level. Also, about 55 percent of them were 50 years old and older and 10% of them were children under the age of 7. In addition, more than half of the pedestrians were dead because of a strike to their head and neck. This research addresses and evaluates those factors affecting severity of pedestrian traffic accidents within the Mashhad city. To understand factors affecting severity of pedestrians’ injuries caused by traffic accidents, many studies have used statistical models. One of the advantages of these models is their ability to determine effect of variables on occurrence of different types of injuries.

Keywords : pedestrian traffic accidents statistical model effect severity determination ability suburban