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Nearly sixty percent of the world's population lives in low and middle income countries (LMIC) and these countries include 62 of the largest 100 cities in the world.The urban growth rates in Asia, Africa and Latin America are higher than thosein Europe and North America and so are the vehicle growth rates (Worl Health Organization, 1998). Data were collected for road traffic fatality rates for 56 cities to understand the relationship between per capita income and road safety. The results show that pedestrian risk in lw and middle income countries is generally much higher than high income countries. If risk for pedestrians is high it will discourage use of public transport as each trip involves two pedestrian trips. This in turn will make it difficult to have cleaner air. Therefore, pedestrian safety becomes a pre condition for planning sustainable transport systems.
