Qualitative and quantitative pedestrian research in NSW
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Submission Date: 2007
Abstract
In NSW, pedestrian fatalities represent about one fifth of the road toll and as high as
a third of all road deaths in metropolitan areas. Between 2002 and 2006, around 70
per cent of pedestrian fatalities occurred in the Sydney, Newcastle and Wollongong
conurbation.
Previous research commissioned by the Roads and Traffic Authority of NSW (RTA)
has highlighted several pedestrian safety issues, including a general belief that the
road is for drivers rather than pedestrians, confusion over who has right of way in
different situations, pedestrians? desire to take the shortest route with no regard for
pedestrian facilities, driver intolerance of risky pedestrian behaviours, and the
importance of non-verbal communication between drivers and pedestrians (AMR
Interactive, 2003; Job and Hatfield, 2002; Woolcott Research, 2004).