PERIPHERAL VISION AND THE AETIOLOGY OF CHILD PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENTS

Three experiments examined whether age and sex differences in pedestrian accidents might be partly attributable to differences in the visual perception of peripheral stimuli. Primary schoolchildren and adults responded individually to the presentation of lights at retinal eccentricities of 2 degrees, 20 degrees and 40 degrees. Experiments 1 and 2 measured reaction times and expt 3 measured subjects' expectations of foveal and peripheral events. There were no age or sex differences in expectations. Lights were detected fastest in the 20-40 degree range. Movement times were not variable across eccentricities. As expected, adults' and 11-year-olds' detections were faster than eight- and six-year-olds'. A case is made for more problem-analytic and multi-theoretical research in the area of child pedestrian accidents. (Author/TRRL)

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  British Psychological Society

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• Authors:
  • David, SSJ
  • Foot, H C
  • Chapman, A J
  • Sheehy, N P
• Publication Date: 1986-2

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 117-35
• Serial:
  • British Journal of Psychology
  • Volume: 77
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: British Psychological Society
  • ISSN: 0007-1269

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Age; Children; Females; Field of vision; Human beings; Pedestrians; Perception; Vision
• ITRD Terms: 1757: Age; 1758: Child; 2056: Field of vision; 1787: Man; 1733: Pedestrian; 2229: Perception; 2247: Reaction (human); 2066: Vision; 1788: Woman
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00492847
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: May 31 1990 12:00AM