Virtual reality study of the effects of railway crossing safety technologies on pedestrian behaviour

This study reports on the description of an evaluation of safety systems at Pedestrian Track Crossings (PTC) in French train stations installed to cross over tracks when no other installation is deployed. Two complementary systems - a physical chicane positioned before the crossing zone and a ringing alarm - have been proposed in addition to the existing flashing pictogram. A study, combining a quantitative experimental setup using virtual reality to measure the efficacy of the systems, and a qualitative ergonomic analysis method to complete the results, was proposed to 100 participants. The results allow the authors to measure the effect of safety systems on participants’ crossing behaviour, gaze, and kinematic. It appears that the combination with the ringing alarm led to more safety behaviours. Moreover, qualitative data gave new perspectives to improve the system tested and make PTC safer.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trpro.2023.11.586
• Record URL:
  • http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352146523008840
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • © 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. Abstract reprinted with permission of Elsevier.
• Authors:
  • Aupetit, Samuel
  • Escaich, Sara
  • Gillet, Camille
  • Herber, Philippe
  • Grison, Elise
  • Morgagni, Simone
• Conference:
  • Transport Research Arena Conference (TRA Lisbon 2022)
  • Location: Lisbon , Portugal
  • Date: 2022-11-14 to 2022-11-17
• Publication Date: 2023

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Figures; Illustrations; Photos; References;
• Pagination: pp 1264-1271
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Procedia
  • Volume: 72
  • Issue Number: 0
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 2352-1465
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/23521465/
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior; Crosswalks; Pedestrian safety; Railroad stations; Virtual reality
• Subject Areas: Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01908187
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 14 2024 2:33PM