Attachm <br />Pedestrian safety: a road safety manual for decision-makers and practitioners <br />Attach <br />M DDT T-s ?-NNIP - provided a global picture of pedestrian traffic injury, <br />discussed several factors that influence pedestrian traffic risk, and underscored <br />the necessity of understanding the local situation when planning and adapting <br />effective interventions. This module provides information on how to assess the <br />pedestrian safety situation, with the aim of prioritizing interventions as well as how <br />to prepare a corresponding plan of action. The content in this module is organized <br />according to three themes: <br />3.1 Why assess pedestrian safety? This section shows that assessing the pedestrian <br />safety situation provides vital information to guide decision-making on prioritizing <br />interventions. <br />3.2 How to assess pedestrian safety: This section discusses assessment of the <br />magnitude and pattern of pedestrian traffic injuries, the risk factors, stakeholders, <br />and existing initiatives and policy environment. The section provides essential details <br />on aspects to be assessed and methods for conducting assessments. <br />3.3 Preparing a plan of action: This section explains the preparation of a plan <br />of action to address the pedestrian safety problems identified in the situational <br />assessment. <br />3.1 Why assess the pedestrian safety situation? <br />As discussed in Modules i and z, the characteristics of pedestrian crashes vary <br />tremendously across different communities and countries. A situational assessment <br />constitutes an essential step to facilitate understanding of the local pedestrian safety <br />situation. The information gathered during a situational assessment is used to make <br />decisions on priority focus areas, the best approaches to improve pedestrian safety, <br />and whether to strengthen existing plans and programmes or develop new initiatives. <br />A situational assessment should be conducted prior to initiating a new pedestrian <br />safety programme. A community cannot assume another community's solutions will <br />be effective for its specific pedestrian safety problems. Effective interventions depend <br />on the dynamics relevant to the local situation, and understanding this local situation <br />is important for planning appropriate solutions. <br />Although a situational assessment is typically conducted prior to initiating <br />a programme, emphasis also needs to be given to occasional assess- <br />ments of the pedestrian safety situation as the transport, socioeconomic and <br />environmental situation changes in a given setting. <br />43 <br />C <br />B <br />