Table 6. Pedestrian Casualties by Vehicle Manoeuvre of Striking Vehicle, 1988-1997
| Vehicle Manoeuvre |
Striking Vehicle |
School Bus |
Other Vehicle |
Unknown Vehicle |
Total |
Fatal-
ities |
Injuries |
Fatal-
ities |
Injuries |
Fatal-
ities |
Injuries |
Fatal-
ities |
Injuries |
Going
Straight |
16 |
214 |
5 |
62 |
1 |
16 |
22 |
292 |
Turning Left |
4 |
79 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
80 |
Turning
Right |
6 |
71 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
6 |
76 |
Changing Lanes |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Merging
or Overtaking |
0 |
6 |
0 |
9 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
20 |
Reversing |
2 |
17 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
19 |
Slowing
or Stopping |
0 |
31 |
0 |
7 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
41 |
Stopped or Parked |
2 |
7 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
13 |
3 |
22 |
Starting
in Traffic |
8 |
39 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
39 |
Starting from Parked Position |
1 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
10 |
Entering
Parked Position |
0 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
Swerving to Avoid Object |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Unknown |
1 |
14 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
26 |
4 |
41 |
Total |
40 |
497 |
5 |
82 |
6 |
71 |
51 |
650 |
Table 6 shows the number of pedestrian casualties by vehicle manoeuvre of the striking
vehicle. Over the 10-year period, an average of four pedestrians were fatally injured and
50 were injured each year when struck by school buses. An average of one fatality and 15
injuries occurred when pedestrians were struck by another vehicle or where the striking
vehicle was not recorded.
Seventy-eight percent of the fatally injured pedestrians were struck by school buses
and 10 percent were struck by another vehicle. In the remaining 12 percent of the
pedestrian fatalities, the striking vehicle was not recorded.
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