Number of Pedestrians. While the involvement of 85 pedestrians in 1806 crashes might not seem to be a large proportion, the fact that every pedestrian crash is an injury, and that the death rate is over ten times higher in a pedestrian crash is ample reason to give this serious countermeasure consideration. Causal Vehicle Type. This greatly narrows down the scenario, since the commercial drivers are all but eliminated, and the standard family cars are over-represented. Very surprisingly, pickups are not over-represented in this type crash in Mobile County.
Pickups are generally over- represented in alcohol related crashes in general.
Age of Causal Driver. This is a very important variable from a countermeasure development standpoint. All others are either as expected or under-represented. Race of Causal Driver. Gender of Causal Driver.