Vulnerable road users: the case of Botswana's pedestrians
2001 (English)In: Proceedings of the Conference Road Safety on Three Continents in Pretoria, South Africa, 20-22 September 2000 / [ed] Kenneth Asp, Linköping: Statens väg- och transportforskningsinstitut, 2001, p. 425-441Conference paper, Published paper (Other academic)
Abstract [en]
The paper presents the pedestrian's situation in Botswana's road system. Following a brief overview of the safety situation the statistics concerning pedestrian casualties are detailed. It is found that ca 65 percent of the accidents occur when pedestrians cross the streets. The author discusses several reasons for both the high accident rates and the high proportion of accidents occurring when pedestrians cross the street. Among the causes the inadequate provision for pedestrians in the road network in rural and urban centres are pointed out together with deficiencies in land use planning and road user education. Furthermore, driver competency and attitude and the failure of the Botswana's Road Traffic Act to discourage dangerous and reckless driving are contributing factors. The author lists several measures to be taken in order to overcome the problems but also recognise for Botswana and other third world countries most of these measures are in the "pipeline" and may not be the most prioritised.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Linköping: Statens väg- och transportforskningsinstitut, 2001. p. 425-441
Series
VTI konferens, ISSN 1104-7267 ; 15A
Keywords [en]
English, Sweden, Conference, South Africa, Accident, Pedestrian, Crossing the road, Cause, Botswana, Land use, Traffic regulations, Education, Road network, Traffic signal, Accident prevention
Research subject
80 Road: Traffic safety and accidents, 841 Road: Road user behaviour; 80 Road: Traffic safety and accidents, 82 Road: Geometric design and traffic safety
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:vti:diva-4943OAI: oai:DiVA.org:vti-4943DiVA, id: diva2:673772
Conference
Proceedings of the Conference Road Safety on Three Continents in Pretoria, South Africa, 20-22 September 2000
2013-12-032013-12-032023-04-21Bibliographically approved