Research Report: Determining the Minimum Data Requirements to Progress Pedestrian Safety

This report outlines the research and process undertaken by ViaStrada for determining the minimum data requirements to measure and improve pedestrian safety strategies and plans. This report is part of Stream 2 of Austroads project SAG6371 Keeping People Safe When Walking.

The methodology involved a comprehensive literature review to develop an inventory of data sets currently available in Australasia and beyond. An online industry survey about pedestrian data usage and video interviews were conducted with several Australasian transport jurisdictions to understand the pedestrian safety data sets they typically use. During this process, several manual and automated means of pedestrian data collection were identified, including the potential for some newer technologies.

This report identifies the top 11 pedestrian safety data sets considered worth using as minimum requirements to progress pedestrian safety. These data sets were selected considering data collection difficulty and cost versus their contribution to addressing pedestrian safety and data quality. This report is accompanied by a Guideline and the Data Framework Spreadsheet.

The report recommends that Austroads members consider adopting and implementing the minimum data requirements recommended to progress pedestrian safety across Australia and New Zealand.