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Effects of Road Infrastructure on Pedestrian Safety

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The objective of the work was to identify risks for pedestrians that involve road infrastructure and roadside and to define how selected elements of geometry and traffic layout affect driver behaviour (speed on approaching pedestrian crossings). The results have helped to formulate recommendations on pedestrian crossing design. The research included an analysis of 2013-2017 statistics to identify the circumstances and causes of pedestrian accidents. Field work at about 2,000 unsignalized pedestrian crossings was the basis for assessing the safety of these crossings. Assessment criteria were selected and a safety classification was made with specific recommendations made for possible treatments. More field work was designed to measure speeds near pedestrian crossings in three cases: no pedestrians in the crossing area, a pedestrian is approaching a crossing, a pedestrian is waiting to cross the road. The study was conducted in different areas (city, transit roads passing through small towns, non-built-up areas) for different cross-sections (one carriageway and two lanes –1x2, two carriageways with two or three lanes each –2x2, 2x3, one carriageway and four lanes –1x4). The study also looked at speed limits –50 and 70 km/h. The share of drivers giving way to pedestrians waiting to cross was also assessed. Pedestrians were surveyed and asked about how safe they feel crossing the road. The survey also asked drivers about driver behaviour and use of speed management measures.Statistical analyses show the circumstances and causes of pedestrian accidents

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IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering no. 603,
ISSN: 1757-8981
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English
Publication year:
2019
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Budzyński M., Gumińska L., Jamroz K., Mackun T., Tomczuk P.: Effects of Road Infrastructure on Pedestrian Safety// IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering -Vol. 603,iss. 4 (2019), s.042052-
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Digital Object Identifier (open in new tab) 10.1088/1757-899x/603/4/042052
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