Pedestrian Safety Hazard Due to Jaywalking and Cell Phone Induced Distractions: A Synopsis from Highway Intersections in Bangladesh
Pedestrian fatalities account for 22% of all road traffic fatalities around the world. The statistics are even grimmer for the developing countries where jaywalking is predominant. There, along with jaywalking, the use of cell phones while crossing the road is acerbating pedestrian casualties. This delves into thought processing of jaywalkers and pedestrians using cell phones while crossing roads to devise countermeasures for improving pedestrian safety. The study observes pedestrian behavior at 32 intersections on national and regional highways of Bangladesh through video data and subsequently interviews 2,016 pedestrians found jaywalking and/or using cell phones while crossing the road. Data on their socio-economic and demographic characteristics, various risk perceptions, physical obstructions forcing jaywalking, distracting cell phone use, road crossing behavior and their knowledge about basic rules of the road were collected. Next, Bayesian Networks (BBN) were constructed to answer ‘who’, ‘why’ and ‘how’ related questions regarding jaywalkers and pedestrians who use a cell phone while road crossing. The findings suggest that jaywalking is more predominant among males, aged between 26-40 years who have received secondary education despite having decent knowledge regarding basic rules of the road. The most influential factors concerning risky jaywalking and using cell phone while road crossing are ‘Gender’, ‘Jaywalker Activities’, ‘Driving experiences’, ‘Purposes of Journey’, and ‘Frequency of visit that area’. The identified high impact variables associated with jaywalking, and also the triggering factors of cell phone-induced jaywalking are expected to assist decision-makers to develop pragmatic pedestrian safety policies in the context of developing countries.
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Supplemental Notes:
- This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ACS20 Standing Committee on Safety Performance Analysis.
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Corporate Authors:
Transportation Research Board
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Authors:
- Prema, Afia Jahin
- Ahammed, Dewan Tanvir
- Mahmud, Niaz
- Raihan, Md Asif
- Hossain, Moinul
- Mamun, Abdullah Al
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Conference:
- Transportation Research Board 100th Annual Meeting
- Location: Washington DC, United States
- Date: 2021-1-5 to 2021-1-29
- Date: 2021
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 19p
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Bayes' theorem; Behavior; Cellular telephones; Demographics; Developing countries; Distraction; Intersections; Pedestrian movement; Pedestrian safety; Risk taking; Video
- Geographic Terms: Bangladesh
- Subject Areas: Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01763427
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: TRBAM-21-04058
- Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
- Created Date: Feb 4 2021 10:54AM