Pedestrian V. Car Collision Analysis

Maps and Analysis

Point locations for collisions were downloaded from the Kentucky Collision Analysis for the Public (http://crashinformationky.org/) hosted by the Kentucky State Police. Analysis was performed for Kentucky’s Fayette and Jefferson Counties for data period January 5, 2003 – February 23, 2014 as part of University of Kentucky Department of Geography course GEO 409, Spring 2014.

Combined Maps. Click individual county for map.

Louisville Statistics

• AMONG ALL COLLISIONS
  4,592 pedestrians v. car collisions occurred with 173 pedestrian fatalities (3.8% of total) and 4223 pedestrian injuries (92% of total).
• AMONG ALL COLLISIONS WITH PEDESTRIANS USING ALCOHOL OR DRUGS
  257 pedestrians v. car collisions occurred with 26 pedestrian fatalities (10%) and 227 pedestrian injuries (88% of total).
• Rate: 6.1 collisions per 1,000 current residents
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Lexington Statistics

• AMONG ALL COLLISIONS
  1,689 pedestrians v. car collisions occurred with 47 pedestrian fatalities (2.9% of total) and 1580 pedestrian injuries (94% of total).
• AMONG ALL COLLISIONS WITH PEDESTRIANS USING ALCOHOL OR DRUGS
  130 pedestrians v. car collisions occurred with 9 pedestrian fatalities (6.9%) and 118 pedestrian injuries (91%).
• Rate: 5.5 collisions per 1,000 current residents
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Analysis and maps by Boyd Shearer.