Table 3.
Relative contributions of explanatory variables on pedestrian crash frequency.
| Category | Variable | Automobile-involved pedestrian crash frequency |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Relative importance (%) | ||
|
| |||
| Road network | 3-way intersection | 12 | 2.40 |
| 4-way intersection | 6 | 5.17 | |
| 5-way intersection | 19 | 0.59 | |
| Sidewalk density | 17 | 0.83 | |
| Street elements | Steep area proportion | 11 | 2.48 |
| Bus stop density | 13 | 1.91 | |
| Stop sign density | 14 | 1.49 | |
| Zonal speed limit | 5 | 6.16 | |
| Land use | Household density | 2 | 14.38 |
| Employment density | 8 | 3.42 | |
| Land use mixture | 4 | 11.39 | |
| Commercial land use | 3 | 13.16 | |
| Government & office | 15 | 1.23 | |
| Public parks | 16 | 1.02 | |
| Industrial land use | 10 | 2.53 | |
| School density | 18 | 0.64 | |
| Activity center density | 7 | 4.11 | |
| Traffic demand | Walking mode share | 9 | 3.32 |
| Number of trips | 1 | 23.78 | |
Note: sample size = 863.