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Presented by
City of Phoenix Street Transportation Department
Safety and Neighborhood Traffic Section
Table of Contents
Introduction i
2007 Facts at a Glance – Pedestrian Crashes
Five Year Trend of Pedestrian‐Involved Collisions, Injuries and Fatalities
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Pedestrian‐Involved Collisions by Age Group and Gender 2
Pedestrians in Collisions by Light Conditions
Pedestrians in Collisions by Injury Severity
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Pedestrians in Collisions by Time of Day 4
Pedestrian‐Involved Collisions by Time of Day and Age Group 5
Pedestrian‐Involved Collisions by Day of Week 5
Pedestrian‐Involved Collisions by Month 6
Factors in Pedestrian Collisions 7
Primary Fault in Pedestrian‐Involved Collisions 8
Motorist and Pedestrian Primary Violations 8
Physical Conditions of Pedestrian and Drivers 9
Injury Severity of Pedestrians Under the Influence 9
Five‐Year Trend of Drugs or Alcohol Use in Pedestrian‐Involved Collisions 10
Pedestrian‐Involved Collisions by Street Classification 11
Pedestrian‐Involved Non‐Roadway Collisions 12
Pedestrian‐Involved Roadway Collisions 13
Pedestrian‐Involved Collisions and Traffic Control 14
Direction of the Vehicle Impact with Pedestrian 15
Pedestrian‐Involved Collisions by Zip Code of Pedestrian 16
Pedestrian‐Involved Collisions by Zip Code of Collision Location 17
High Pedestrian‐Involved Collision Intersections 18
Additional Information 19
City of Phoenix 2007 Pedestrian Collision Summary
Street Transportation Department Traffic Services Division
Safety and Neighborhood Traffic Section
Page i
Introduction
Walking is probably the easiest and healthiest mode of travel. It is an ideal way to get to a nearby school, work or the local market. The City of Phoenix has been actively involved in encouraging walking through our School Safety program, through engineering changes such as two stage crosswalks, pedestrian crossing islands and pedestrian countdown signals. Despite of these efforts, the conflicts between motorists and pedestrians seem to be inevitable. Several hundred pedestrians are hit on city streets each year. Despite efforts by the city to prevent these crashes, it is sometimes impossible to control individual actions of the drivers and pedestrians. An analysis of these crashes provides an understanding of the contributing actions of the pedestrians and drivers, the type of streets where crashes occurred, the time of day crashes occur, and the age and gender of pedestrians involved in crashes. This information is helpful for the Phoenix Street Transportation Department to design facilities to provide a safer walking environment and to create campaigns to educate public about safe walking habits and sharing the road safely. The ultimate goal is to make pedestrian crashes less frequent and less severe so as to make city streets more usable for both pedestrians and motorists. This report presents a detailed summary of the pedestrian crashes that were reported in 2007 in the City of Phoenix. In 2007, police investigated 624 crashes involving 644 pedestrians. This is a 7.5 percent increase in reported crashes over 2006 and a 2 percent increase from crashes reported in 2005. During 2007, 42 pedestrians were killed and 569 were injured as a result of these crashes. As with previous years, more male pedestrians were hit than female pedestrians and the largest age group of pedestrians involved in crashes was adults between the ages of 46 and 55. While pedestrians are 1.9 percent of the total crashes citywide, they comprise 3.4 percent of the total injuries and 25.9 percent of the total traffic fatalities. Though crash data can be compared from one year to the next to estimate the trends, there is no absolute way to quantify how many pedestrians use our streets at any one time. We therefore have no way to measure the pedestrian exposure and we have no understanding of how pedestrian crash rates change from year to year. However, we can at least hope to understand the actions of the drivers or pedestrians that often result in injuries and the factors leading to these crashes. The objective of the report is to present these citywide factors and statistics to the public.
City of Phoenix 2007 Pedestrian Collision Summary
Street Transportation Department Traffic Services Division
Safety and Neighborhood Traffic Section
Page ii
2007 Facts at a Glance – Pedestrian Crashes
In 2007…
…there were 624 pedestrian‐related crashes involving 644 pedestrians.
…there were 42 pedestrians killed and 569 pedestrians injured.
…there were 152 hit‐and‐run pedestrian crashes where the driver fled the scene after impact; in 28 percent (42) of these crashes the pedestrian was killed or seriously injured.
…25 percent of all pedestrians involved in crashes where children below the age of 18.
…59 school age pedestrians (5 to 17 years old) were hit during school days (M‐F 7 a.m. – 4 p.m.)
…38 percent of all pedestrian crashes occurred at night but 72 percent of all pedestrian fatalities occurred at night.
…pedestrian crashes occurred more frequently between 6 PM and 9 PM than other hours.
…pedestrian crashes occurred more often on Friday (19.6 percent) than any other day of the week.
…the month of February had the highest number of pedestrian crashes (68).
…In 51.4 percent of the crashes, the pedestrian was primarily at fault.
…there were 133 crashes (21% of all pedestrian crashes) involving alcohol or drugs. These statistics exclude any hit and run motorists who may also have been drinking.
…In 44.4 percent of the crashes, the pedestrian was crossing a street mid‐block outside of a crosswalk.
… 27.7 percent of all crashes occurred at traffic signals.
City of Phoenix 2007 Pedestrian Collision Summary
Street Transportation Department Traffic Services Division
Safety and Neighborhood Traffic Section
Page 1
Five-Year Trend of Pedestrian-Involved Collisions, Injuries and Fatalities
City of Phoenix 2007 Pedestrian Collision Summary
Street Transportation Department Traffic Services Division
Safety and Neighborhood Traffic Section
Page 2
Pedestrian-Involved Collisions by Age Group and Gender
Under 18 18 and Older Unk. Total Male 79 289 13 381
Female 85 173 5 263
Total 164 462 18 644
Under 18 18 and Older Unknown Total Male 7 303 49 359
Female 6 172 16 194
Unknown 0 0 71 71
Total 13 475 136 624
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Children 25% of Total Male: Female 1.5:1
Male: Female 1.6 : 1
City of Phoenix 2007 Pedestrian Collision Summary
Street Transportation Department Traffic Services Division
Safety and Neighborhood Traffic Section
Page 3
Pedestrians in Collisions by Light Conditions
All Collisions Fatal Collisions
Pedestrians in Collisions by Injury Severity
Day21%
Night72%
Twilight7%
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City of Phoenix 2007 Pedestrian Collision Summary
Street Transportation Department Traffic Services Division
Safety and Neighborhood Traffic Section
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Pedestrian-Involved Collisions by Time of Day
City of Phoenix 2007 Pedestrian Collision Summary
Street Transportation Department Traffic Services Division
Safety and Neighborhood Traffic Section
Page 5
Pedestrians in Collisions by Time of Day and Age Group
Pedestrian-Involved Collisions by Day of Week
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City of Phoenix 2007 Pedestrian Collision Summary
Street Transportation Department Traffic Services Division
Safety and Neighborhood Traffic Section
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Pedestrian-Involved Collisions by Month
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City of Phoenix 2007 Pedestrian Collision Summary
Street Transportation Department Traffic Services Division
Safety and Neighborhood Traffic Section
Page 7
Other5.8%
Left Turn13.4%
Exiting Driveway4.0%
Right Turn13.0%
Straight/Slowing63.8%
Factors in Pedestrian Collisions
Actions of Pedestrians and Drivers
Violations of Pedestrians and Drivers
Pedestrians Drivers
Pedestrians Drivers
Walking Against Traffic20.2%
Walking With Traffic14.4%
Other6.5%
Crossing Road58.4%
Unknown0.5%
Other28.6%
Disregarded Signal 3.4%
Unknown11.3%
None10.9%
Inattention10.4%
Failed to Yield8.2%
Didn't Use Crosswalk
27.2%
None47.4%
Other15.7%
Failed to Yield22.3%
Inattention7.1%
Speed toofast 7.5%
City of Phoenix 2007 Pedestrian Collision Summary
Street Transportation Department Traffic Services Division
Safety and Neighborhood Traffic Section
Page 8
Primary Fault in Pedestrian-Involved Collisions*
*Based on the assessment of the investigating officer
Primary Violation of Pedestrians
Primary Violation of Motorists
*Speed too fast does not necessarily mean speeding
Inattention20.0%
Other7.9%
Speed TooFast 12.2%
Failed to Yield59.9%
Driver at Fault14.4%
Both at Fault27.4%
Pedestrian at Fault
51.4%
Unknown6.8%
Other16.8%
Didn't Use Crosswalk
47.0%
Disregarded Signal 5.9%
Inattention15.0%
Failed toYield 15.3%
City of Phoenix 2007 Pedestrian Collision Summary
Street Transportation Department Traffic Services Division
Safety and Neighborhood Traffic Section
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Injury Severity of Pedestrians under the Influence
Drivers Pedestrians
104 pedestrians were under the influence of drugs or alcohol
88 Males
16 Females
Had Been Drinking /
Drugs3.4%
Unknown23.6%
Other0.6%
No Influence72.4%
Unknown15.7%
Other1.9%
Drinking / Drugs16.1% No Influence
66.3%
City of Phoenix 2007 Pedestrian Collision Summary
Street Transportation Department Traffic Services Division
Safety and Neighborhood Traffic Section
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Five-Year Trend of Drugs or Alcohol Use in
Pedestrian-Involved Collisions
City of Phoenix 2007 Pedestrian Collision Summary
Street Transportation Department Traffic Services Division
Safety and Neighborhood Traffic Section
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Pedestrian-Involved Collisions by Street Classification
At or Near Intersection (Within 150 feet)
Away From Intersection (More than 150 feet from intersection)
Street Classification Examples Freeways are I-17 (Black Canyon Freeway), I-10, Loop 202, on-ramps, access roads, etc.
Arterial streets are typically the mile-line streets such as 7th Ave, 16th St, Camelback Rd, and Union Hills Dr as defined on the Phoenix Street Classification Map.
Collector streets are typically the half-mile-line streets such as 39th Ave, 28th St, Roeser Rd, and Maryland Ave as defined on the Phoenix Street Classification Map. Local streets are typically the neighborhood streets such as 88th Ln, Dromedary Rd, Holly St, 21st St, and Glenn Dr and are not defined as arterial or collector streets.
70%
30%
Arterial 72.1%
Collector 11.1%
Local 16.8%
Arterial - Arterial26.3%
Arterial - Local 34.8%
Arterial - Freeway
3.2%
Local - Local6.9%
Collector -Arterial 19.3%
Collector - Collector
3.0%Collector - Local 6.5%
Intersection
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City of Phoenix 2007 Pedestrian Collision Summary
Street Transportation Department Traffic Services Division
Safety and Neighborhood Traffic Section
Page 12
Pedestrian-Involved Non-Roadway Collisions
62 Total Non-Roadway Related Crashes – 10%
Pedestrians Hit in Driveways 38 Crashes
40 Pedestrians 38 Injuries – 1 Fatality
Pedestrians Hit at Unknown Locations 2 Crashes
2 Pedestrians 2 Injuries – 0 Fatalities
Pedestrians Hit on Sidewalks 22 Crashes
22 Pedestrians 17 Injuries – 4 Fatalities
City of Phoenix 2007 Pedestrian Collision Summary
Street Transportation Department Traffic Services Division
Safety and Neighborhood Traffic Section
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Pedestrian-Involved Roadway Collisions*
562 Total Roadway Related Crashes – 90%
*There were 3 collisions involving 2 injuries and 1 Fatality whose locations were unknown.
Pedestrians Hit in Travel Lanes 30 Crashes
30 Pedestrian 24 Injury – 3 Fatalities
Pedestrians Hit in Unmarked Crosswalks 35 Crashes
37 Pedestrians 30 Injuries – 4 Fatalities
Pedestrians Hit Mid-Block (13 in crosswalks) 290 Crashes
295 Pedestrians 266 Injuries – 22 Fatalities
46% of all crashes
Pedestrians Hit in Intersection Crosswalks 181 Crashes
191 Pedestrians 174 Injuries – 2 Fatalities
Pedestrians Hit Within Intersection 23 Crashes
24 Pedestrians 16 Injuries – 5 Fatalities
City of Phoenix 2007 Pedestrian Collision Summary
Street Transportation Department Traffic Services Division
Safety and Neighborhood Traffic Section
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Pedestrians Hit at Signalized Locations
173 Crashes 180 Pedestrians
163 Injuries – 3 Fatalities
Pedestrians Hit at STOP Sign Controlled Locations
74 Crashes 79 Pedestrians
66 Injuries – 7 Fatalities
Pedestrians Hit at Uncontrolled Locations
374 Crashes 382 Pedestrians
338 Injuries – 31 Fatalities
Pedestrians Hit at Unknown Location 3 Crashes
3 Pedestrians 2 Injuries – 1 Fatality
Pedestrian-Involved Collisions and Traffic Control
City of Phoenix 2007 Pedestrian Collision Summary
Street Transportation Department Traffic Services Division
Safety and Neighborhood Traffic Section
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Direction of the Vehicle Impact with Pedestrian
There were 4 collisions ing unknown pedestrian or vehicle directions.
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54% – Mid-block 31% – Intersections 10% – Driveways 05% – Other
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Mid-block – 65% Inter–%
Driveways – 04% Other – 01%
City of Phoenix 2007 Pedestrian Collision Summary
Street Transportation Department Traffic Services Division
Safety and Neighborhood Traffic Section
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Pedestrian-Involved Collisions by Zip Code of Pedestrian
Pedestrians Hit Per 10,000 Residents
® 0 to 1
1 to 3
3 to 5
5 to 7
7 & Up
City of Phoenix 2007 Pedestrian Collision Summary
Street Transportation Department Traffic Services Division
Safety and Neighborhood Traffic Section
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Pedestrian-Involved Collisions by Zip Code of Collision Location
Crashes Per 10,000 Residents
® 0 to 3
3 to 6
6 to 9
9 to 12
12 & Up
City of Phoenix 2007 Pedestrian Collision Summary
Street Transportation Department Traffic Services Division
Safety and Neighborhood Traffic Section
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High Pedestrian-Involved Collision Intersections (Within 150 feet of the intersection)
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7th St & Broadway Rd
20th St & Van Buren St
7TH Av & Indian School
43rd Av & Thomas Rd
27th Av & Indian School
23rd Av & Indian School Rd
19th Av & Northern Av
City of Phoenix 2007 Pedestrian Collision Summary
Street Transportation Department Traffic Services Division
Safety and Neighborhood Traffic Section
Page 19
Additional Information
This report documents the collisions involving pedestrians for the City of Phoenix during the 2007 calendar year. Collision data used for this report were obtained through Phoenix Police records and the database maintained by the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) known as ALISS (Accident Location Identification and Surveillance System). The ALISS database includes motor vehicle crashes involving pedestrians that occurred on public right of way where someone was injured or killed or where property damage exceeded $1000. The cover photos were taken by Steve Craig for the City Of Phoenix. We would like to thank them for the use of these photos. This publication can be made available in Braille, large print, audio tape, or cassette tape upon request. Contact the Street Transportation Department at 602‐262‐6284 if you would like any of these services. Our TTY phone number is 602‐256‐4286.