THE EFFECTS OF INSTALLING NEW ZEBRA CROSSINGS IN RUGBY AND CHELMSFORD

SOME EFFECTS OF DOUBLING THE NUMBER OF ZEBRA CROSSINGS IN TWO TOWNS ARE DESCRIBED. THE PROPORTION OF ALL DRIVERS STOPPING OR SLOWING VOLUNTARILY FOR PEDESTRAINS ON CROSSINGS SHOWED NO CHANGE IN THE EXPERIMENTAL TOWNS AFTER THE NEW CROSSINGS WERE INSTALLED. VEHICLE JOURNEY TIME TENDED TO BE LOWER WITH PEDESTRIAN FLOWS BELOW ABOUT 400 PEDS/HOUR, AND HIGHER WITH PEDESTRIAN FLOWS ABOVE THIS LEVEL, AFTER CROSSINGS WERE INSTALLED. PEDESTRIAN CURB DELAY TENDED TO BE LOWER WHERE VEHICLE FLOWS WERE MORE THAN ABOUT 300 PER HOUR AFTER THE CROSSINGS WERE INSTALLED. PEDESTRIANS CROSSED THE ROAD MORE QUICKLY WITH THE CROSSINGS THAN WITHOUT THEM. PEDESTRIAN CASUALTIES WERE LITTLE CHANGED IN TOTAL BY THE INTRODUCTION OF THE NEW CROSSINGS, BUT THERE WERE SOME INCONSISTENT CHANGES IN THE LOCATION OF CASUALTIES IN THE TOWNS STUDIED. /HSL/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Rept No Rrl-LR-358,28 PP
• Corporate Authors:

  Road Research Laboratory /UK

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• Authors:
  • Wilson, D G
  • Older, S J
• Publication Date: 1970

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Zebra crossings
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223562
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Aug 29 1971 12:00AM