According to statistics provided by Punjab Emergency and Rescue Services (PERS) in 2015 out of total road traffic accidents 25% involved pedestrians in Lahore. This paper has observed walking and crossing behavior of pedestrians in Lahore as well as the driver behavior towards pedestrians. A total of 1040 pedestrians are observed at eight different intersections along with a sample of 974 drivers. Data was treated and coded in SPSS 23.0 as categorical nominal. Chi-square significance test (X was performed at an alpha level of 95% (0.05). Pedestrian behavior was investigated based on gender and age group while driver behavior was investigated based on their gender, age group and presence of traffic signal. Results showed significant difference in behaviors among age group of pedestrian in case of both side-walking (p<0.05) and road-crossing (p<0.05). Behavior of child and old pedestrian was significantly different while behaviors of young and adult pedestrian remained more or less similar. Pedestrians walked least safely at intersections located in commercial and residential neighborhoods. Drivers behavior towards pedestrian based on their gender (p<0.05), age group (p<0.05) and presence of traffic signal (p<0.05) remained significantly different. was found to be two times safer at signalized intersections as compared to un-signalized intersections.
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