AN ASSESSMENT OF THE SAFETY PERFORMANCE OF PELICAN CROSSINGS IN RELATION TO CRITERIA VALUE. TRAFFIC OPERATION AND MANAGEMENT. PROCEEDINGS OF SEMINAR M HELD AT THE PTRC SUMMER ANNUAL MEETING, UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX, ENGLAND, 15-18 JULY 1985, VOLUME P269
This paper describes a study of the safety of pelican crossings at new sites and where an existing zebra crossing has been converted to a pelican crossing. During the period covered by the study, 84 pelican crossings were introduced, but only 55 of these could be included as having siting conditions unaffected by other traffic management measures. Before and after installation periods of three years have been used to give validity to accident results. For the sites studied, an overall reduction of 6% in all accidents and 23% in pedestrian accidents was noted. When the sites were classified according to a criterion suggested to the highways authorities, those sites falling below the criterion suffered a 41% and 42% increase, and those above the criterion value a marked reduction in all and pedestrian accidents. Similar results were noted for both conversions from existing zebra crossings and new crossing sites. However the reduction for the latter were less marked, with bigger increases for the "under criteria" new pelicans. Mention is also made of the effect of the provision of guardrails for pedestrians. For the covering abstract of the seminar see IRRD 286745. (TRRL)
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Authors:
- Bagley, J
- Publication Date: 1985
Media Info
- Features: Figures; Tables;
- Pagination: p. 203-216
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Serial:
- Publication of: PTRC Education and Research Services Limited
- Publisher: PTRC Education and Research Services Limited
- ISSN: 0960-9938
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Before and after studies; Conferences; Crash rates; Crosswalks; Guardrails; Pedestrian vehicle crashes; Safety; Traffic safety
- Old TRIS Terms: Pedestrian guardrails
- Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00466584
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
- ISBN: 086050-154-X
- Files: ITRD, TRIS
- Created Date: Mar 31 1988 12:00AM