165
Views
0
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Research Articles

Cluster analysis of the spatial distribution of pedestrian deaths and injuries by parishes in Kampala city, Uganda

, &
Pages 419-427 | Received 13 Jul 2021, Accepted 16 Apr 2023, Published online: 24 Apr 2023

References

  • Abantanga, F. A., & Mock, C. N. (1998). Childhood injuries in an urban area of Ghana a hospital-based study of 677 cases. Pediatric Surgery International, 13(7), 515–518. https://doi.org/10.1007/s003830050387
  • Aguero-Valverde, J., & Jovanis, P. P. (2006). Spatial analysis of fatal and injury crashes in Pennsylvania. Accident; Analysis and Prevention, 38(3), 618–625. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2005.12.006
  • Amoako, C., Cobbinah, P. B., & Niminga-Beka, R. (2014). Urban infrastructure design and pedestrian safety in the Kumasi Central Business District, Ghana. Journal of Transportation Safety & Security, 6(3), 235–256. https://doi.org/10.1080/19439962.2013.861887
  • Booth, B., & Mitchell, A. (2001). Getting started with ArcGIS. ESRI.
  • Cass, D. T., Ross, F., & Lam, L. (1996). School bus related deaths and injuries in New South Wales. The Medical Journal of Australia, 165(3), 134–137. https://doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.1996.tb124886.x
  • Cliff, A., & Ord, J. (1973). Spatial autocorrelation. Pion Limited.
  • Dong, N., Meng, F., Zhang, J., Wong, S., & Xu, P. (2020). Towards activity-based exposure measures in spatial analysis of pedestrian–motor vehicle crashes. Accident; Analysis and Prevention, 148, 105777. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2020.105777
  • Dumbaugh, E., Li, W., & Joh, K. (2013). The built environment and the incidence of pedestrian and cyclist crashes. Urban Design International, 18(3), 217–228. https://doi.org/10.1057/udi.2013.2
  • Fischer, K., Sternfeld, I., & Melnick, D. S. (2013). Impact of population density on collision rates in a rapidly developing rural, exurban area of Los Angeles County. Injury Prevention : Journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention, 19(2), 85–91. https://doi.org/10.1136/injuryprev-2011-040308
  • Goel, R., Jain, P., & Tiwari, G. (2018). Correlates of fatality risk of vulnerable road users in Delhi. Accident; Analysis and Prevention, 111, 86–93. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2017.11.023
  • Goodman, A. (2013). Walking, cycling and driving to work in the English and Welsh 2011 census: Trends, socio-economic patterning and relevance to travel behaviour in general. PloS One, 8(8), e71790. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0071790
  • Harruff, R. C., Avery, A., & Alter-Pandya, A. S. (1998). Analysis of circumstances and injuries in 217 pedestrian traffic fatalities. Accident Analysis &. Accident; Analysis and Prevention, 30(1), 11–20. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0001-4575(97)00057-2
  • Hemerijckx, L.-M., Van Emelen, S., Rymenants, J., Davis, J., Verburg, P. H., Lwasa, S., & Van Rompaey, A. (2020). Upscaling household survey data using remote sensing to map socioeconomic groups in Kampala, Uganda. Remote Sensing, 12(20), 3468. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12203468
  • Híjar, M. C., Kraus, J. F., Tovar, V., & Carrillo, C. (2001). Analysis of fatal pedestrian injuries in Mexico City, 1994–1997. Injury, 32(4), 279–284.
  • iRAP/World Bank. (2018). Uganda road safety performance review report. International Roads Assessment Program and World Bank;
  • Kampala Capital City Authority. (2012). Kampala physical development plan: Updating kampala structure plan and upgrading the Kampala GIS unit.
  • Kampala Capital City Authority. (2019). Statistical abstract for Kampala city 2019.
  • Kampala Capital City Authority. (2021a). Friedrich-Elbert-Stiftung (FES). 50% of workers walk to and from Kampala, study says: Daily Monitor. https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/national/50-of-workers-walk-to-and-from-kampala-study-says-3598394.
  • Kampala Capital City Authority. (2021b). https://www.kcca.go.ug/search?q=parishes. https://www.kcca.go.ug/.
  • Khayesi, M. (1999). An analysis of the pattern of road traffic accidents in relation to selected socio-economic dynamics and intervention measures in Kenya. Kenyatta University.
  • Kobo Toolbox. https://www.kobotoolbox.org/. https://www.kobotoolbox.org/.
  • Kobusingye, O., Guwatudde, D., & Lett, R. (2001). Injury patterns in rural and urban Uganda. Injury Prevention: Journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention, 7(1), 46–50. https://doi.org/10.1136/ip.7.1.46
  • LaScala, E. A., Gerber, D., & Gruenewald, P. J. (2000). Demographic and environmental correlates of pedestrian injury collisions: A spatial analysis. Accident; Analysis and Prevention, 32(5), 651–658. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0001-4575(99)00100-1
  • LaScala, E. A., Gruenewald, P. J., & Johnson, F. W. (2004). An ecological study of the locations of schools and child pedestrian injury collisions. Accident; Analysis and Prevention, 36(4), 569–576. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0001-4575(03)00063-0
  • Macpherson, A., Roberts, I., & Pless, I. B. (1998). Children’s exposure to traffic and pedestrian injuries. American Journal of Public Health, 88(12), 1840–1843. https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.88.12.1840
  • Ministry of Local Government RoU. (2019). Uganda. https://molg.go.ug/.
  • Mohan, D. (2002). Road safety in less-motorized environments: Future concerns. International Journal of Epidemiology, 31(3), 527–532. https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/31.3.527
  • Morency, P., Gauvin, L., Plante, C., Fournier, M., & Morency, C. (2012). Neighborhood social inequalities in road traffic injuries: The influence of traffic volume and road design. American Journal of Public Health, 102(6), 1112–1119. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2011.300528
  • Moudon, A. V., Lin, L., Hurvitz, P., & Reeves, P. (2008). Risk of pedestrian collision occurrence: Case control study of collision locations on state routes in King County and Seattle, Washington. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2073(1), 25–38. https://doi.org/10.3141/2073-04
  • Muni, K. M., Ningwa, A., Osuret, J., Zziwa, E. B., Namatovu, S., Biribawa, C., Nakafeero, M., Mutto, M., Guwatudde, D., Kyamanywa, P., & Kobusingye, O. (2021). Estimating the burden of road traffic crashes in Uganda using police and health-sector data sources. Injury Prevention, 27(3), 208–214. https://doi.org/10.1136/injuryprev-2020-043654
  • Nteziyaremye, P. (2018). Investigating the link between the built environment and the incidence of pedestrian crashes in Cape Town, South Africa [Doctoral dissertation, Stellenbosch University].
  • Odero, W., Khayesi, M., & Heda, P. (2003). Road traffic injuries in Kenya: Magnitude, causes and status of intervention. Injury Control and Safety Promotion, 10(1–2), 53–61. https://doi.org/10.1076/icsp.10.1.53.14103
  • Ogendi, J., Odero, W., Mitullah, W., & Khayesi, M. (2013). Pattern of pedestrian injuries in the city of Nairobi: Implications for urban safety planning. Journal of Urban Health, 90(5), 849–856. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11524-013-9789-8
  • Oporia, F., Tumwesigye, N. M., Isunju, J. B., Nuwematsiko, R., Bachani, A. M., Kisakye, A. N., Nakafeero, M., Li, Q., Muneza, F., Kiwanuka, G., Paichadze, N., & Kobusingye, O. (2020). Geospatial distribution of pedestrian injuries and associated factors in the Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area, Uganda. Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public Health, 3(1) https://doi.org/10.37432/JIEPH.2020.3.1.22
  • Peng, R. Y., & Bongard, F. S. (1999). Pedestrian versus motor vehicle accidents: An analysis of 5,000 patients. Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 189(4), 343–348. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1072-7515(99)00166-0
  • Petch, R., & Henson, R. (2000). Child road safety in the urban environment. Journal of Transport Geography, 8(3), 197–211. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0966-6923(00)00006-5
  • Pulugurtha, S. S., Duddu, V. R., & Kotagiri, Y. (2013). Traffic analysis zone level crash estimation models based on land use characteristics. Accident; Analysis and Prevention, 50, 678–687. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2012.06.016
  • Rankavat, S., & Tiwari, G. (2013). Pedestrian accident analysis in Delhi using GIS. Journal of the Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies, 10, 1446–1457.
  • Russell, C., Hill, B., & Basser, M. (1998). Older people’s lives in the inner city: Hazardous or rewarding? Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 22(1), 98–106. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-842x.1998.tb01152.x
  • Sala, D., Fernández, E., Morant, A., Gascó, J., & Barrios, C. (2000). Epidemiologic aspects of pediatric multiple trauma in a Spanish urban population. Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 35(10), 1478–1481. https://doi.org/10.1053/jpsu.2000.16418
  • Stata, S. (2015). Version 14 college station. StataCorp LP.
  • The Republic of Uganda. (2015). The Local Governments (Amendment) Act.
  • Uganda Bureau of Statistics. (2014). National population and housing census 2014.
  • Uganda Police. (2019). Annual crime report. www.upf.go.ug.
  • Uganda Police. (2020). Annual crime report.
  • Vos, T., Lim, S. S., Abbafati, C., Abbas, K. M., Abbasi, M., Abbasifard, M., Abbasi-Kangevari, M., Abbastabar, H., Abd-Allah, F., Abdelalim, A., & Abdollahi, M. (2020). Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. The Lancet, 396(10258), 1204–1222.
  • Wang, D., Krebs, E., Nickenig Vissoci, J. R., de Andrade, L., Rulisa, S., & Staton, C. (2020). Built environment analysis for road traffic crash hotspots in Kigali, Rwanda. Frontiers in Sustainable Cities, 2, 17. https://doi.org/10.3389/frsc.2020.00017
  • Wang, X., Yang, J., Lee, C., Ji, Z., & You, S. (2016). Macro-level safety analysis of pedestrian crashes in Shanghai, China. Accident; Analysis and Prevention, 96, 12–21. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2016.07.028
  • Wedagama, D. P., Bird, R. N., & Metcalfe, A. V. (2006). The influence of urban land-use on non-motorised transport casualties. Accident; Analysis and Prevention, 38(6), 1049–1057. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2006.01.006
  • Whitelegg, J. (1987). A geography of road traffic accidents. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 12(2), 161–176. https://doi.org/10.2307/622525
  • World Health Organization. (2013). Pedestrian safety: A road safety manual for decision-makers and practitioners.
  • World Health Organization. (2018). Global status report on road safety 2018.
  • Yu, C.-Y. (2015). Built environmental designs in promoting pedestrian safety. Sustainability, 7(7), 9444–9460. https://doi.org/10.3390/su7079444
  • Yu, C.-Y., & Xu, M. (2018). Local variations in the impacts of built environments on traffic safety. Journal of Planning Education and Research, 38(3), 314–328.
  • Zziwa, E. B., Kobusingye, O., & Guwatudde, D. (2022). Where are pedestrians injured and killed on Kampala City’s road network? Frontiers in Sustainable Cities, 4, 107. https://doi.org/10.3389/frsc.2022.838186

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.