[sustran] Re: Accidents in Urban Areas

[JOHN WHITELEGG]

more on accidents in urban areas

John Adams is good avlue on all these things.  His latest book is 

Risk
John Adams, UCL Press, London, ISBN 1 85728 067 9, 1995

but also see

Mayer Hillman, John Adams and John Whitelegg
One false move:  a study of children's independent mobility
Policy Studies Institute, London, ISBN 0 85374 494 7, 1990

The one false move study shows that most road traffic accident data is
useless simply because it has nothing to do with perceived danger and
the response of those threatend with this danger to absent themselves
from streets and footpaths.  "Excellent" road safety figures often mean
no more than intense danger, terrified pedestrians and no-one daring to
walk or cycle.  Is this the final end-state of a successful raod
"safety" policy?

best wishes

John Whitelegg