PEDESTRIAN RISK IN OR NEAR PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS

RESULTS ARE PRESENTED OF STUDIES OF RISK TO PEDESTRIANS ON OR NEAR PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS, MAINLY IN COPENHAGEN. A COMPARISON WITH RESULTS OBTAINED IN TOWNS IN ENGLAND SHOWS MARKED SIMILARITIES BETWEEN RESULTS FROM LONDON AND COPENHAGEN: IN BOTH CITIES, SIGNAL CONTROLLED CROSSINGS HAVE LOW RISK VALUES WHILE STREET SECTIONS NEAR CROSSINGS HAVE VERY HIGH RISK VALUES. THE EFFECTS OF DARKNESS AND RAIN ARE STUDIED TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DAY LIGHT DURATION IN SUMMER AND WINTER IN DENMARK. RESULTS OBTAINED IN DANISH PROVINCIAL TOWNS SHOW THAT IN DARKNESS IN WET WEATHER PEDESTRIAN RISK INCREASES BY APPROXIMATELY 30 PERCENT; IN DAYLIGHT IN WET WEATHER IT INCREASES BY APPROXIMATELY 100 PERCENT. THE EFFECT OF THE INSTALLATION OF A SPECIAL LIGHTING SYSTEM AT ZEBRA CROSSING (THE COPENHAGEN SYSTEM) ARE INVESTIGATED. A BEFORE AND AFTER STUDY OF THE COPENHAGEN SYSTEM WAS CONDUCTED BUT RESULTS PROVE INCONCLUSIVE. COSTS OF THE SYSTEM ARE QUOTED. /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Raadet Trafikkerhedsforskning /Den

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• Authors:
  • Juergensen, N O
  • Rabani, Z
• Publication Date: 1972

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 57 p.
• Serial:
  • Issue Number: 7

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crosswalks; Highway safety; Lighting; Pedestrian flow; Pedestrian phase; Pedestrian safety; Pedestrian vehicle crashes; Pedestrians; Rainfall; Traffic signals; Zebra crossings
• Old TRIS Terms: Pedestrian protection
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00224589
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: R&d Rpt
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 5 1974 12:00AM