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This work tried to better understand the factors behind severe and fatal injuries in pedestrian and vehicle accidents while giving a special attention to built environment parameters. Statistical models were applied on the traffic accident data reported by the traffic police in the emirate of Abu Dhabi over a period of 5 and a half years, between 2008 and 2013. A review of the literature on traffic accidents and injury levels showed that Random Parameter Logit models are well suited for pedestrian-vehicle accidents, while Generalized Ordered Logit models prove a good fit for vehicle-vehicle accidents. The models were completed using statistical analysis software STATA from Statacorp. The results of the modelling showed that overall pedestrians above 51 were at a higher risk of sustaining severe or fatal injuries, and that driver and pedestrian distraction was number one reason for pedestrian-vehicle accidents with around 64% of the total. Additionally, bad lighting condition was found to be directly correlated with higher injury levels among pedestrians. Meanwhile, it was observed that on motor ways accidents due to distracted driving were more probable than those in one-way street

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Author

Sharaf AlKheder

Publisher

Elsevier BV

Published

2023

Language

EN

Field

Environmental Science (Physical Sciences)