A STUDY ON THE VULNERABILITY TO ACCIDENTS OF ELDERLY PERSONS WITH THEIR CROSSING BEHAVIOR AT NON-PEDESTRIAN CROSSING
Japan statistics reveal that cases of accidents involving the elderly already constitute the majority of recorded cases since 1992. The purpose of this study is to understand the crossing behavior of elderly people so that appropriate measures can be proposed to reduce the accident risk. It was discovered that most accidents involving the elderly are mainly dependent on their diminshed walking ability and misjudgement of speed and distance parameters while crossing. The similar factors explain their decision to cross at non-designated pedestrian crossings. It is also shown that their behavior differs much from the other age strata. (A) For the covering abstract see ITRD E105186.
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Authors:
- Hamaoka, H
- TSURU, H
- KUROKAWA, T
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- Publication Date: 1999
Language
- English
Media Info
- Features: References;
- Pagination: p. 151-62
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Age; Aged; Behavior; Conferences; Crash rates; Hazards; Pedestrian movement; Pedestrians; Perception; Policy; Speed; Vehicle spacing; Vehicles; Walking
- Uncontrolled Terms: Decreases
- Geographic Terms: Japan
- ITRD Terms: 1612: Accident rate; 1757: Age; 9001: Behaviour; 8525: Conference; 1667: Crossing the road; 9009: Decrease; 8053: Japan; 1746: Old people; 1733: Pedestrian; 2229: Perception; 173: Policy; 9150: Risk; 5408: Speed; 1255: Vehicle; 694: Vehicle spacing; 758: Walking
- Subject Areas: Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Policy; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00794918
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
- ISBN: 0-08-043590-4
- Files: ITRD, ATRI
- Created Date: Jul 7 2000 12:00AM