ACCIDENT RISKS TO PEDESTRIANS AT DIFFERENT TYPES OF CROSSINGS
DAS UNFALLRISIKO VON FUSSGAENGERN FUER VERSCHIEDENE UEBERQUERUNGSARTEN
THE STUDY IS BASED ON THE PREMISE THAT TRAFFIC SAFETY MEASURES SHOULD PRIMARILY BE DANGER OR RISK ORIENTATED. SUITABLY TRAINED OBSERVERS FOLLOWED INDIVIDUAL PEDESTRIANS AND RECORDED SITUATIONAL CONDITIONS RELEVANT TO ASPECTS OF TRAFFIC AND BEHAVIOUR ON PREPREPARED RECORD SHEETS. RESULTS OF THE COMPARISON BETWEEN CROSSINGS CONTROLLED BY TRAFFIC LIGHTS AND ZEBRA CROSSINGS INDICATE AN UNUSUALLY LOW RISK OF ACCIDENT FOR LIGHT CONTROLLED CROSSINGS WHEREAS THE RISK OF ACCIDENT OCCURRENCE AT ZEBRA CROSSINGS IS EXTREMELY HIGH. THE REMAINING RESULTS WERE APPROXIMATELY AS EXPECTED.
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Authors:
- SCHLEIERMACHER, B
- Publication Date: 1976
Language
- German
Media Info
- Pagination: 6-11
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Serial:
- KOELNER INFORMATIONEN ZUR VERKEHRSSICHERHEIT
- Issue Number: 2
- Publisher: ARBEITS- UND FORSCHUNGSGEMEINSCHAFT FUER STRASSENVERKEHR UND VERKEHRSSICHERHEIT (AFO)
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Behavior; Crash rates; Crosswalks; Evaluation; Expected value; Hazards; Methodology; Pedestrians; Probability
- ITRD Terms: 1612: Accident rate; 9001: Behaviour; CROSSING THE ROAD (PEDESTRIAN); 9150: Danger; 9020: Evaluation (assessment); 6516: Expectation (math); 9150: Hazard; 9102: Method; 1733: Pedestrian; 1659: Pedestrian crossing; 6534: Probability
- Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01300246
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen (BASt)
- Files: ITRD
- Created Date: Nov 21 2010 7:46AM