OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES OF CHILDREN'S ROAD CROSSING BEHAVIOUR: A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

A review is presented of 14 studies of children's road crossing behaviour. The object of this report is twofold: (1) to present a data base on what is known about children's road crossing behaviour; and (2) to outline the methodological possibilities and difficulties when carrying out observational studies of this kind. For the separate road sections, footpath, kerb and carriageway the influence on pedestrian behaviour of personal, social, traffic and roadway variables is described. The behavioural features dealt with are: the route taken, stopping, walking tempo, delay, head movements, safety margins, gap acceptance and social activities. The aim of the author is to make a first step towards a child traffic ethogram, a systematic description of behaviour, exposure and accidents in traffic, interpreted in terms of psychological and traffic conflict theories. /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Werkgroep Verkeerskun

  30 Kerklaan
  Haren (GR),   Netherlands 
• Authors:
  • Molen, H
• Publication Date: 1976-6

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 43 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Adolescents; Behavior; Children; Head; Methodology; Motion; Pedestrian movement; Pedestrians; Railroad grade crossings; Sociology; Speed; Travel; Travel time; Trip length; Variables; Walking
• Uncontrolled Terms: Observation
• Old TRIS Terms: Minors
• ITRD Terms: 9001: Behaviour; 1758: Child; 1667: Crossing the road; 698: Journey; 5483: Movement; 1733: Pedestrian; 2253: Sociology; 5408: Speed; 758: Walking
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00163966
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
• Report/Paper Numbers: VK-76-06 Monograph
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 8 1977 12:00AM