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Dunbar, George (George L.), Holland, Carol A. and Maylor, Elizabeth A. (2004) Older pedestrians : a critical review of the literature. [Report]

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This report reviews literature relevant to the impact of the ageing process on pedestrian safety. The review has three main objectives: • To provide a critical review of research on older pedestrians and road safety. It is intended that this will provide a reference source in formulating future policy and research decisions; • To identify those groups within the population of older pedestrians who are most at risk; • To identify and review initiatives, schemes and strategies that have been developed either at the local or national level, with a view to identifying, where possible, those that are examples of best practice. Because relatively few studies have directly investigated older pedestrians, we have used data from related areas, such as research on older drivers, to support the analysis.

Item Type: Report
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HE Transportation and Communications
H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare
Divisions: Faculty of Science > Psychology
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Pedestrians -- Safety measures, Older people
Series Name: Road safety research report
Publisher: The Department for Transport
Place of Publication: London
ISBN: 1468-913
Date: June 2004
Volume: No.37
Number of Pages: 210
Status: Not Peer Reviewed
Access rights to Published version: Open Access
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