MEASUREMENT OF PEDESTRIAN BEHAVIOR

As part of its long-range research program aimed at reducing pedestrian and motor vehicle accidents, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has been engaged in the development, evaluation, and implementation of countermeasures designed to reduce the incidence of specific pedestrian accident types. Countermeasures have been developed on the basis of a detailed analysis of the predisposing factors and precipitating events associated with various kinds of pedestrian accidents. One approach emphasizes the capability of a countermeasure to modify pedestrian or driver behaviors that have been identified as relating to various types of accidents. The report presents recommendations as to specific pedestrian, driver, and vehicle behaviors to be studied and measured in order to assess the effectiveness of each of 24 proposed potential countermeasures as they relate to each of 11 common accident types.

• Corporate Authors:

  American Institutes for Research

  1000 Thomas Jefferson Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20007-3835

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Rose, A M
  • Levine, J M
  • Eisner, E J
• Publication Date: 1976-11

Media Info

• Pagination: 43 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior; Countermeasures; Crash injury research; Crash investigation; Crashes; Drivers; Human characteristics; Pedestrian vehicle crashes; Pedestrians; Prevention; Research; Safety; Traffic crashes; Traffic safety
• Uncontrolled Terms: Motor vehicle accidents
• Old TRIS Terms: Pedestrian characteristics
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00151162
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: AIR-52200-10/76-FR Final Rpt., DOT-HS-802-105
• Contract Numbers: DOT-HS-5-01187
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Mar 30 1977 12:00AM