ELDERLY PEDESTRIAN BEHAVIOUR AND DRIVER ATTITUDES AND KNOWLEDGE REGARDING PEDESTRIANS, VOLUME 2: DRIVER ATTITUDE AND KNOWLEDGE SURVEY AND PEDESTRIAN BEHAVIOUR AT ZEBRA CROSSINGS STUDY

The problem of elderly pedestrian casualties was further addressed in a survey of driver attitudes and knowledge and a study of pedestrian behaviour and interviews with pedestrians at zebra crossings. Many drivers' attitudes indicated a lack of tolerance of elderly pedestrians: 16.5 percent felt that the elderly should stay off the road. Young drivers and male drivers had more negative attitudes towards elderly pedestrians. Over one third of drivers reported that they do not stop when pedestrians are standing waiting to cross at the kerbside of a zebra crossing. This is of particular importance to the elderly who may have difficulties stepping off the kerb. Many drivers also believed that when turning they had right of way over pedestrians at traffic light controlled intersections. Behavioural recordings at zebra crossings revealed that the elderly walk more slowly but do not compensate by waiting for larger gaps in the traffic. Consistent with our previous findings, the elderly and non-elderly pedestrians showed optimism bias which may encourage risky road crossing behaviour. Further, there is generally an over-estimation of the number of pedestrian injuries and fatalities, suggesting that messages highlighting such general statistics are not likely to be effective. However, the elderly underestimate their own age group's representation in pedestrian trauma raising the possibility that a specifically targeted intervention may be useful. (a)

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• Authors:
  • Job, RFS
  • PRABHAKAR, T
  • LEE, SHV
  • HAYNES, J
  • QUACH, J
• Publication Date: 1994-1

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 1 VOL

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aged; Attitudes; Behavior; Crosswalks; Drivers; Hazards; Pedestrians; Risk assessment; Urban areas; Visibility
• Uncontrolled Terms: Characteristics
• Geographic Terms: Australia
• ITRD Terms: 2267: Attitude (psychol); 8006: Australia; 9001: Behaviour; 1772: Driver; 1746: Old people; 1733: Pedestrian; 1659: Pedestrian crossing; 5925: Properties; 9150: Risk; 313: Urban area; 6783: Visibility
• Subject Areas: Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00743334
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• ISBN: 0-7310-5474-1
• Files: ITRD, ATRI
• Created Date: Dec 29 1997 12:00AM