Evidence-based traffic engineering measures to reduce pedestrian motor vehicle collisions: A review

We offer a short critical analysis and assessment of engineering changes to the built environment that may decrease pedestrian injury risk. We conducted our research using the Transportation Research Information Services database to look for studies on engineering countermeasures that had been published in the scientific literature. We divided countermeasures into three categories: speed regulation, pedestrian separation from vehicles, and methods to improve pedestrian visibility and conspicuity. We identified the methods and settings that have the highest potential for preventing crashes. Our evaluation found that altering the built environment may significantly decrease the probability of pedestrian-vehicle collisions, with an emphasis on research with acceptable methodological methods.