Le risque accidentel du piéton dans agglomération parisienne

Abstract

The risk of accident for a parisian pedestrian is of reduced frequency and of moderate severity (terrorism and natural disasters not included) according to the statistics of 1999. This is due to security measures and the excellent organisation of assistance to wounded persons. The improvement in protection of pedestrians, even the disabled and elderly persons will soon make Paris the best protected megalopolis of our continent. Pedestrians are involved in 28 % of accidents on public streets with a mortality of 1.2 %, with serious injuries in 12.6 % of the cases. Injuries without collision occur in 57 % of the cases. 18 % of the wounded older than 75 years with 1.8 % of deaths and 66 % of severe injury. Accidents related to public transportation represent a very slight risk of 0.00044 %. By modification of the concept of transportation and its materials over a five year period there is a decrease in the number of the victims (–3.75 %), in spite of the increase of accidents (3.5 %). For lone pedestrian being victims of aggression in public places, after a decrease of 10 % in 1999, there is in 2001 an increase which raises the question of police proximity again. Over a five year period the RATP (subway authority) has noticed  a 14.77 % decrease of thefts and a 54.78 % decrease in attacks… This makes the Parisian railnet (subway mostly) seven times less dangerous than the streets.