Key Resources

• Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center
  
  • Toward a Shared Understanding of Pedestrian Safety: An Exploration of Context, Patterns, and Impacts (Sandt et al., 2020).
  • Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center. (n.d.-b). "Understanding Crashes and Safe Behaviors to Prevent Them" Video Series.
  • PEDSAFE: Pedestrian Safety Guide and Countermeasure Selection System (n.d.), Countermeasures.
  • Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center. (n.d.-a). Webpage for micromobility includes numerous summary resources including reports developed by PBIC, FHWA, and GHSA.
• NHTSA
  
  • Advancing Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety: A Primer for Highway Safety Professionals (Brookshire et al., 2016).
  • NHTSA’s Walk and Bike Safely Curriculum, For English as Second Language (ESL) Teachers and Learners (n.d.-a).
• FHWA
  
  • How to Develop a Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Action Plan (Gelinne et al., 2017).
  • Resident’s Guide for Creating Safer Communities for Walking and Biking (Sandt, Thomas, et al., 2015).
• Reports that summarize national-level pedestrian safety trends (annual/biannual)
  
  • Smart Growth America’s Dangerous by Design (Venson et al., 2019) reports analyze FARS data and create rankings of States and metropolitan areas.
  • GHSA’s Pedestrian Traffic Fatalities by State (Retting, 2021) report offers analysis of FARS data.
  • Benchmarking Report/Benchmarking Project (currently published by the League of American Bicyclists [2020], previously by the Alliance for Biking and Walking) combines data from a variety of sources to document the “state of bicycling and walking” in terms of mode share, safety, health, equity, and more.

The agencies and organizations listed below can provide more information on pedestrian safety and links to numerous other resources.

• NHTSA (n.d.-b)
• FHWA (2023)
• Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center (n.d.-c): a national information center funded by FHWA and NHTSA.
• GHSA (2023)
• National Center for Safe Routes to School (2023)
• Smart Growth America (2023) – National Complete Streets Coalition
• Safe Kids Worldwide (2023)
• Safe Routes National Partnership (n.d.)
• Safe States Alliance (2021)
• United States Access Board (n.d.)
• America Walks (2023)
• Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals (2022)
• Vision Zero Network (2023)