AN EXPERIMENTAL METHODOLOGY FOR ANALYSIS OF CHILD PEDESTRIAN BEHAVIOR

THIS INVESTIGATION WAS UNDERTAKEN IN AN ATTEMPT TO DEVELOP A METHOD WHICH COULD BE USED TO SYSTEMATICALLY OBSERVE AND CATEGORIZE PEDESTRIAN BEHAVIOR OF CHILDREN. KINDERGARTEN CHILDREN WERE FILMED AT ONE SPECIFIC INTERSECTION WHICH BORDERED ON THE SCHOOL GROUND. TWO TYPES OF UNSAFE BEHAVIOR WERE SELECTED FOR DETAILED ANALYSIS: NOT STOPPING AT THE CURB PRIOR TO ENTERING THE STREET, AND NOT LOOKING FOR ONCOMING TRAFFIC. UNTIL MORE DATA ARE AVAILABLE, THE VALIDITY OF THIS METHOD CANNOT BE ASSESSED WITH ANY DEGREE OF CERTAINTY; HOWEVER, IT IS QUITE LIKELY THAT THIS SYSTEM MIGHT BE USEFUL IN IMPLEMENTING A METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH WHICH INVOLVES THE UTILIZATION OF UNSAFE BEHAVIOR RATHER THAN ACCIDENTS PER SE AS DATA IN CERTAIN TYPES OF ACCIDENT PREVENTION INVESTIGATIONS. /HSL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Pediatrics

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• Authors:
  • Heimstra, N W
  • Nichols, J
  • Martin, G
• Publication Date: 1969-11

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 832-8
• Serial:
  • Volume: 44

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Adolescents; Human characteristics; Methodology; Pedestrians; School children; Traffic safety
• Uncontrolled Terms: Child safety
• Old TRIS Terms: Minors; Pedestrian characteristics
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223816
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 7 1972 12:00AM