PEDESTRIAN SAFETY

A COMPREHENSIVE SUMMARY IS PRESENTED OF PAST RESEARCH ON PEDESTRIAN BEHAVIOR. PERSONAL FACTORS SUCH AS AGE, SEX, SOCIAL FACTORS, DRIVING EXPERIENCE, ALCOHOL AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE LOCALITY, ARE DISCUSSED IN RELATION TO PEDESTRIAN BEHAVIOR AND ACCIDENTS. ANOTHER GROUP OF PAST RESEARCH PROJECTS DEALS WITH THE ROAD AS IT AFFECTS THE PEDESTRIAN; TH LEVEL OF ILLUMINATION, VARIOUS TYPES OF CROSSING, AND THE VEHICLE AS RELATED TO PEDESTRIAN SAFETY. OTHER ITEMS DISCUSSED ARE TIME FACTORS AND WEATHER CONDITIONS. THE SECOND PART OF THE REPORT IS CONCERNED WITH RECOMMENDED FUTURE RESEARCH ON AN INTERNATIONAL BASIS, DIVIDED INTO THREE RESEARCH AREAS: RESEARCH CONCERNED WITH PERSONS, WHICH WOULD COVER TRAINING, PROPAGANDA AND LEGISLATION; RESEARCH CONCERNED WITH VEHICLES INCLUDING THE INTERACTION BETWEEN DRIVER AND PEDESTRIAN, AND RESEARCH CONCERNED WITH ROAD CONDITIONS. /AUTHOR/

• Corporate Authors:

  Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

  2, rue André Pascal
  Paris,   France  75775 Paris Cedex 16
• Authors:
  • Biehl, B M
• Publication Date: 1970

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Age; Alcohols; Drivers; Gender; Human characteristics; Pedestrian vehicle crashes; Pedestrians; Street lighting; Surface course (Pavements); Vehicle characteristics
• Uncontrolled Terms: Driver characteristics
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223273
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: 72 pp
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Sep 14 1970 12:00AM