Evaluating pedestrian safety programmes Attachment C <br />Attachment B <br />Identify suitable indicators to monitor processes, outputs and outcomes. Table 5.i <br />presents a list of three main categories of indicators for monitoring and evaluating <br />pedestrian safety programmes. You are encouraged to also look back at Module 3 <br />that presented a number of indicators on which data can be collected to monitor and <br />evaluate progress in pedestrian safety programmes. <br />Indicators for evaluating pedestrian safety programmes <br />Type of indicator <br />Purpose <br />Examples <br />Process <br />To assess progress in <br />• Setting up a working group <br />the process of change, <br />• Conducting a situational assessment <br />in order to show how the <br />• Preparing a pedestrian safety plan <br />programme or activity <br />• Prioritizing pedestrian safety in national and <br />has been implemented or <br />local policies and programmes <br />executed <br />• Implementing a plan of action <br />Output <br />To measure outputs <br />Publishing and disseminating a pedestrian <br />or products that are <br />safety plan <br />attributable to the <br />• Officially launching a pedestrian safety plan <br />programme processes <br />• Endorsement of a pedestrian safety plan by <br />national or local government <br />• Allocating human and financial resources to a <br />pedestrian safety plan <br />• Securing space for sidewalks <br />Outcome <br />To measure the ultimate <br />• Increase in knowledge and awareness about <br />outcomes of implementing <br />risk factors for pedestrian injury <br />various activities <br />• Change in behaviour: speed, drinking and <br />driving, street crossing and yielding at <br />pedestrian priority points <br />• Reduction in pedestrian fatalities and injuries <br />Conduct the evaluation consistently, as planned. Once the appropriate evaluation <br />design and methods have been specified - with respect to the unit of analysis, <br />population, sample, and methods of data collection and analysis - conduct the <br />evaluation according to those methods. Data for evaluation can be collected by <br />examining existing databases as well as conducting surveys, observations, testing of <br />BAC in drivers and pedestrians, road safety audits and perception assessments (see <br />Box 5.1). Many of the methods used for the situational assessment (see Module 3) are <br />also applicable to evaluations. <br />Use evaluation results to improve the programme, and inform the public and other <br />stakeholders about successes orfailures (see Box 5.2,). The results of the evaluation need <br />to be disseminated, discussed and used by programme staff, government, public and <br />sponsors of pedestrian safety initiatives. These different groups need to consider what <br />the programme can do better and what it can avoid in order to improve pedestrian <br />safety in the setting of focus. <br />98 <br />Page 244 <br />