Pedestrians Perceptions of Traffic and Road Features Risk in Delhi, India

Pedestrian fatalities from 2006-09 in Delhi, India show that pedestrians have the largest share in total road fatalities. This paper analysed the pedestrian’s perceptions of risk in Delhi about traffic and road features. Perception of risk provides important information in identifying potential risk and explaining travel choices by pedestrians. Perceived risk at selected locations was collected by a questionnaire survey, asking pedestrians to rank the risk factors. The study locations were selected based on clustering of actual fatal crashes of pedestrians during 2006-09 in Delhi using geographic information system (GIS). The types of locations were- intersections below flyover, four-way signalized intersections, midblocks and foot of flyovers. An empirical analysis is presented of pedestrians’ ranking of the selected risk factors like traffic speed, free left turn at intersections, unmarked crosswalks, median width, traffic volume and number of lanes by using Rank-ordered logit model. Traffic speed and median width were ranked as the two highest risk factors by the pedestrians. The results also indicated that increased numbers of lanes are more likely to be perceived riskier by older age group of pedestrians and females at intersections below flyover and midblocks. Comparison of different locations shows that all the factors were significant at four-way signalized intersections, indicating more perceived risk by pedestrians at intersections. These results can be used by practitioners to design safer intersections and midblocks at selected locations for pedestrians in Delhi.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ANF10 Standing Committee on Pedestrians. Alternate title: Pedestrians' Perceptions of Traffic and Built Environment Risk in Delhi, India
• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Research Board

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• Authors:
  • Rankavat, Shalini
  • Tiwari, Geetam
• Conference:
  • Transportation Research Board 95th Annual Meeting
  • Location: Washington DC, United States
  • Date: 2016-1-10 to 2016-1-14
• Date: 2016

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: 12p
• Monograph Title: TRB 95th Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Built environment; Highway factors in crashes; Intersections; Logits; Medians; Midblock crossings; Pedestrian safety; Pedestrian vehicle crashes; Pedestrians; Perception; Ranking (Statistics); Risk; Traffic speed
• Geographic Terms: Delhi (India)
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors; I82: Accidents and Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01589784
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: 16-2544
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Feb 3 2016 1:21PM