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February 21, 2022
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The Influence of Built Environment Factors on Elderly Pedestrian Road Safety in Cities: The Experience of Madrid

Publicated to:International Journal Of Environmental Research And Public Health. 19 (4): 2280- - 2022-02-01 19(4), DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19042280

Authors: Galvez-Perez, Daniel; Guirao, Begona; Ortuno, Armando; Picado-Santos, Luis

Affiliations

Instituto Superior Tecnico - Author
Univ Alicante, Escuela Politecn Super, San Vicente Del Raspeig 03690, Spain - Author
Univ Lisbon, Inst Super Tecn, CERIS, Rovisco Pais, P-1049001 Lisbon, Portugal - Author
Univ Politecn Madrid, Dept Ingn Transporte Territorio & Urbanismo, Escuela Tecn Super Ingenieros Caminos & Puertos, Calle Profesor Aranguren, Madrid 28040, Spain - Author
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid - Author
Universitat d'Alacant - Author
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Abstract

With the progressive ageing of the population, the study of the relations between road safety and elderly users is becoming increasingly relevant. Although the decline of pedestrian skills in the elderly has been widely studied in the literature, few studies have been devoted to the contributing built environmental factors of the elderly pedestrian collisions, such as the sidewalk density, the presence of traffic lights, or even some indicator related to land use or the socioeconomic features of the urban fabric. This paper contributes to the limited literature on elderly pedestrian safety by applying a negative binomial regression to a set of built environmental variables to study the occurrence of accidents involving elderly and younger (non-elderly) pedestrians in Madrid (Spain) between 2006 and 2018. The model considers a selection of built environmental factors per city district, linked to land use, infrastructure, and socioeconomic indicators. Results have highlighted that the elderly pedestrian collisions could be avoided with the existence of a wider sidewalk in the district and a greater traffic lights density. Unlike younger pedestrian accidents, these accidents are much more favored in ageing districts with higher traffic flows.

Keywords

accident analysisbehaviorbuilt environmentcollisionscyclistsland-usemobilitypreferencesriskroad safetyroad traffic collisionsstreet designtransportwalkingAccident analysisAccidents, trafficAgedBuilt environmentCitiesElderly pedestriansEnvironment designHumansMiddle agedOlder driversPedestriansRoad safetyRoad traffic collisionsSafetyStreet design

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal International Journal Of Environmental Research And Public Health due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency Scopus (SJR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2022, it was in position , thus managing to position itself as a Q2 (Segundo Cuartil), in the category Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from World Citations from Scopus Elsevier, it yields a value for the Field-Weighted Citation Impact from the Scopus agency: 1.58, which indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: ESI Nov 14, 2024)

This information is reinforced by other indicators of the same type, which, although dynamic over time and dependent on the set of average global citations at the time of their calculation, consistently position the work at some point among the top 50% most cited in its field:

  • Field Citation Ratio (FCR) from Dimensions: 15.15 (source consulted: Dimensions Sep 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-09-23, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 16
  • Scopus: 23
  • Europe PMC: 3
  • Google Scholar: 35

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-09-23:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 52.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 52 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 1.
  • The number of mentions on the social network Facebook: 1 (Altmetric).
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 2 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Portugal.

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (GUIRAO ABAD, BEGOÑA) .

the authors responsible for correspondence tasks have been GÁLVEZ PÉREZ, DANIEL and GUIRAO ABAD, BEGOÑA.