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The influence of pedestrian crossings features on driving behavior and road safety
Published in Gianluca Dell’Acqua, Fred Wegman, Transport Infrastructure and Systems, 2017
A. Bichicchi, F. Mazzotta, C. Lantieri, V. Vignali, A. Simone, G. Dondi, M. Costa
As shown in Table 1, pedestrian crossings have been divided into 4 classes, depending on the configuration of four different elements: “zebra” marking, vertical signs, overhead gateway and central island (Figures 1a, 1b, 1c). For the reliability of this study, only pedestrian crossings within urban areas, and visible at more than 100 m were considered.
Children’s and parents’ perceptions on safe routes to schools: a mixed-methods study investigating factors influencing active school travel
Published in Journal of Urban Design, 2023
Ritwik Swain, Prue Oswin, Verity Truelove, Grégoire S. Larue
A second part investigated risk perception of crossing types. Both parents and children were presented with seven different types of pedestrian crossings and were asked to rate them in terms of their perceived risk level, in order to understand which types of crossings children and parents feel are safer. Perceived Risk was measured on a five-point Likert Scale ranging from Very Risky to Very Safe. Parents were asked: ‘How risky do you feel it is for children you care for to use the following types of crossing?’ where children were asked: ‘How risky are the following types of crossings in your experience?’. The crossing types were as follows: unprotected crossing, untreated crossing side road (a side road where no crossing facility is provided), a refuge, standard zebra crossing, raised zebra crossing, mid-block signalized pedestrian crossing and signalized crossing at intersection (see Figure 1).
Random parameter probit models to analyze pedestrian red-light violations and injury severity in pedestrian–motor vehicle crashes at signalized crossings
Published in Journal of Transportation Safety & Security, 2020
Jie Wang, Helai Huang, Pengpeng Xu, Siqi Xie, S. C. Wong
Motor vehicle–pedestrian crashes are of particular concern in densely populated urban areas. For example, in Hong Kong, pedestrian fatalities accounted for 62% of the total fatalities in traffic crashes in 2017 (Transport Department, 2018). Signalized pedestrian crossings are commonly designed for pedestrians to safely cross a road by separating pedestrians from vehicles in time. They are typically located at intersections where two or more roads meet or in the middle section of a road (usually known as midblock crossings). If motor vehicles and pedestrians strictly obey the rules of the traffic signals, the risk of conflicts or crashes can be minimized. However, widespread noncompliance with traffic rules has been observed, particularly by pedestrians. Pedestrian red-light violations at signalized crossings are an important risk factor of pedestrian crashes. Several early studies have found that approximately 25% of pedestrians cross illegally at intersections (Mullen, Copper, & Driskell, 1990). Similarly, in Hong Kong, pedestrian red-light violations contributed to one fourth of pedestrian crashes at signalized crossings (Transport Department, 2018). A comprehensive investigation of pedestrian red-light violation-related crashes would be very helpful for identifying key risk factors and proposing safety countermeasures, particularly for densely populated cities.
Prioritization of influential factors for the pedestrian facility improvement in Indian cities
Published in Journal of Urban Design, 2022
The major factor of third importance is crossing facilities. Pedestrian crossing facilities are built or improved as a primary means to facilitate the safe crossing of roadways or streets by reducing the dire consequences of urban roads on pedestrians (Anciaes and Jones 2018). This result is supported in the literature, where the provision of crossing facilities in cities has already been proposed to ensure safe crossing and, consequently, prevent pedestrian fatalities in cities (Chaudhari et al. 2020). Pedestrians have been observed to cross the road at unauthorized spots in an unsafe way due to inadequate crossing facilities, and it accounts for a large percentage of pedestrian fatalities in urban India (Chandrappa, Bhattacharyya, and Maitra 2015).