Self-reported pedestrian falls in 15 countries worldwide

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Authors	ŠUCHA Matúš ŠRAGOVÁ Eva SURIAKOVÁ Beáta RISSER Ralf MAZALOVÁ Romana OVIEDO-TRESPALACIO Oscar WŁODARCZYK Ania DE AQUINO Sibele Dias RUSLI Rusdi USECHE Sergio A. MARTÍNEZ-BUELVAS Laura DA SILVA Maria de Fátima Pereira ÇELIK Ali Kemal PARK Joonha BASTOS Jorge Tiago ENEA Violeta DORANTES ARGANDAR Gabriel RAMEZANI Samira BARBOZA-PALOMINO Miguel YUAN Quan RINNE Tiina NATIVIDADE Jean Carlos WANG Yonggang
Year of publication	2024
Type	Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source	Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour
MU Faculty or unit	Faculty of Social Studies
Citation
web	https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1369847824001785?casa_token=xMHMcJWnAIoAAAAA:_iZsX2VtPoRKEeKqt6DGKqdMECmnvG8rHBFAJ8UCVVHf9qA70rFQi8ZMfdyKk1nDGhKerjR4558
Doi	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trf.2024.07.009
Keywords	pedestrians; walking; falls; traffic safety; active traffic modes
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Description	Many factors are associated with pedestrian injuries and accidents. If a pedestrian is injured in an outdoor public space, we are talking about a “pedestrian fall”. Pedestrian falls are a more common cause of pedestrian injuries than traffic crashes but have received less attention and the literature on this topic is scarce. This work aims to describe at a general level the prevalence and consequences of pedestrian falls and injuries, to make international comparisons of pedestrian falls, to identify risk factors and not least to examine the relationships between the prevalence of falls and pedestrian risk behaviour. A total of 6,373 participants from 15 countries were recruited to participate in this study. To collect data a questionnaire was used. We used a short version of the Pedestrians Behaviour Scale (PBS) to cover the risky behaviour of pedestrians. To identify groups of countries with a similar pedestrian transport situation, a hierarchical cluster analysis was performed. The analysis produced four groups of countries based on pedestrians’ safety level, popularity of walking and GDP. As for the results, we can conclude that young people and older people are more frequently involved in falls and that women report more frequent involvement in falls than males. However, the risk of getting injured in a fall is not higher than that of men. Frequent walking is associated with a lower risk of falling while walking. In contrast to this, physical activity increases such risk. The prevalence of falls and injuries seems to be weakly related to pedestrians’ risky behaviour, thus other factors such as safety infrastructure probably play an important role.