Pedestrian-driver communication and decision strategies at marked crossings

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2017.02.018" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2017.02.018</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2017.02.018" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.aap.2017.02.018</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Pedestrian-driver communication and decision strategies at marked crossings

Original language description

The aim of this work is to describe pedestrian-driver encounters, communication, and decision strategies at marked but unsignalised crossings in urban areas in the Czech Republic and the ways in which the parties involved experience and handle these encounters. A mixed-methods design was used, consisting of focus groups with pedestrians and drivers regarding their subjective views of the situations, on-site observations, camera recordings, speed measurements, the measurement of car and pedestrian densities, and brief on-site interviews with pedestrians. In close correspondence with the literature, our study revealed that the most relevant predictors of pedestrians’ and drivers’ behaviour at crossings were the densities of car traffic and pedestrian flows and car speed. The factors which influenced pedestrians’ wait/go behaviour were: car speed, the distance of the car from the crossing, traffic density, whether there were cars approaching from both directions, various signs given by the driver (eye contact, waving a hand, flashing their lights), and the presence of other pedestrians. The factors influencing drivers’ yield/go behaviour were: speed, traffic density, the number of pedestrians waiting to cross, and pedestrians being distracted. A great proportion of drivers (36%) failed to yield to pedestrians at marked crossings. The probability of conflict situations increased with cars travelling at a higher speed, higher traffic density, and pedestrians being distracted by a different activity while crossing. The findings of this study can add to the existing literature by helping to provide an understanding of the perception of encounter situations by the parties involved and the motives lying behind certain aspects of behaviour associated with these encounters.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50102 - Psychology, special (including therapy for learning, speech, hearing, visual and other physical and mental disabilities);

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2017

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Accident Analysis and Prevention

ISSN

0001-4575

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

102C

Issue of the periodical within the volume

102/C

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

10

Pages from-to

41-50

UT code for WoS article

000401042800005

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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