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Index
Technical Report
Background
Crash Typing Results
Survey Results
Follow-Up Process Evaluation
Approach
Results
Discussion
Conclusions
Recommendations
Appendix A and B:

Appendix C - PBCAT User Comments

Technical Report Documentation Page

^{1. Report No.}

^{2. Government
Accession No.}

^{3. Recipient's
Catalog No.}

^{4.
Title and Subtitle}

BETA TESTING OF THE PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE CRASH

ANALYSIS TOOL

^{5. Report
Date}

January 2001

^{6. Performing
Organization Code}

^{7. Author(s)} David L. Harkey and Richard D. Blomberg

^{8. Performing
Organization Report No.}

^{9.
Performing Organization Name and Address}

University of North Carolina

Highway Safety Research Center

730 Airport Road, CB #3430

Chapel Hill, NC 27599

^{10. Work
Unit No. (TRAIS)}

^{11. Contract
or Grant No.}

DTNH22-98-P-05292

^{12.
Sponsoring Agency Name and Address}

Office of Research and Traffic Records, NTS-31

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

400 7^th Street, SW

Washington, DC 20590

^{13. Type
of Report and Period Covered}

Final Report

July 1999 - July 2000

^{14. Sponsoring
Agency Code}

^{15. Supplementary
Notes}

Contracting Officer's Technical Representative (COTR): Esther Wagner, NTS-31

Subcontractor: Dunlap and Associates, Inc.

^{16.
Abstract}

The Pedestrian and Bicycle Crash Analysis Tool (PBCAT) is a software product intended to assist State and local bicycle coordinators, planners, and engineers with improving walking and bicycling safety through the development and analysis of a database containing details associated with crashes between motor vehicles and pedestrians or bicyclists. One of these details is the crash type which describes the pre-crash actions of the parties involved. This product was developed by the Federal Highway Administration in cooperation with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The beta version of the software was completed in November 1999. Subsequently, the product underwent a limited beta test that involved a number of practitioners. This report documents the results of the test and provides recommended enhancements for future versions of PBCAT.

^{17. Key
Words:}

Pedestrian Crashes, Bicycle Crashes, Crash Typing, Crash Analysis, Pedestrian Countermeasures, Bicycle Countermeasures.

^{18. Distribution
Statement}

No restrictions. This document is available to the

public through the National Technical Information

Service, Springfield, Virginia 22161.

^{19. Security Classif.
(of this report)}

Unclassified

^{20. Security
Classif. (of this page)}

Unclassified

^{21. No. of Pages}

^{22. Price}

^{Form DOT F 1700.7
(8-72)} Reproduction of form and completed page is authorized