Pedestrian gap acceptance for mid-block street crossing

Yannis, George; Papadimitriou, Eleonora; Theofilatos, Athanasios

doi:10.1080/03081060.2013.818274

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“…In previous studies on pedestrian decision making (e.g. gap acceptance (Yannis et al, 2013), a pedestrian behavior model (Zhuang & Wu, 2013)) used vehicle speed as pedestrians' perceived speed, which is inaccurate according to our findings.…”

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“…Gap judgment is a complex task that involves accurate perception and integration of distance and speed information (Oxley, Ihsen, Fildes, Charlton, & Day, 2005). By means of either simulated experiments (Oxley et al, 2005;Simpson, Johnston, & Richardson, 2003) or field surveys (Yannis, Papadimitriou, & Theofilatos, 2013), previous research has showed that pedestrians' gap selections were primarily based on vehicle distance and less so on the corresponding time gap.…”

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The estimation of vehicle speed and stopping distance by pedestrians crossing streets in a naturalistic traffic environment

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The estimation of vehicle speed and stopping distance by pedestrians crossing streets in a naturalistic traffic environment

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Zhuang

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“…Such a variation may be attributed to drivers who accept smaller gaps because they have higher speeds and can thus move more quickly than pedestrians can. 23 Many studies on this topic have been conducted, with a focus on the statistical analysis, 24 influencing factors, 25,26 and different methods used to determine the acceptable gap. 27,28 Refer to the huge situational differences between China and Germany, culture adaptation must be made to validate the need for the application and design of pedestrian protection modules within Driver Assistance Systems in developing countries.…”

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Analyses of pedestrian behavior on mid-block unsignalized crosswalk comparing Chinese and German cases

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Wang

Bengler

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Advances in Mechanical Engineering

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A large number of pedestrian fatalities are caused by the vehicle-pedestrian accidents. The application of new theory and technological approaches may hold great potential to reduce the accident frequency and severity for pedestrians. Considered the different driving cultures between China and Germany, the adaptation of such application in new market triggers an ''intercultural comparison'' related to the road user behavior and traffic safety. Field traffic data have been collected by video recording and image processing at unsignalized mid-block crosswalks both in Beijing, China and Munich, Germany. Centered Vehicle-Pedestrian conflict situation, pedestrian speed performance in different pedestrian categories and walking phases, pedestrian waiting behavior related to waiting decision choice and waiting time, pedestrian gap acceptance were statistically analyzed for understanding the pedestrian behavior in the conflict process. Intercultural comparisons were made between China and Germany. The research results addressed how the conflict participants (pedestrians only) behave differently and would hopefully be the impetus for further intercultural analyses from urban traffic side.

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“…A remarkable finding was that pedestrians focused on only one lane at a time, taking advantage of an adequate gap in each individual lane unlike the usual assumption that pedestrians wait for all lanes to clear before crossing. In contrast to (Yannis et al, 2013) found that distance from the oncoming vehicle was a better determinant for gap acceptance, rather than the vehicle's speed. Other effects associated with the accepted gaps were found as presence of illegally parked vehicles, presence of other pedestrians, and oncoming vehicle's size (Zhang et al, 2015).…”

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Pedestrians’ Role in Road Accidents

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Nearly 1.3 million people die in road crashes each year, on average 3,287 deaths a day. In 2013 in European Union more than 22 % of all who died in road traffic crashes were pedestrians. The number of pedestrians killed on roads in the EU has decreased by only 11 %, compared to the total fatality decrease of 18 % from 2010 to 2013. Of all pedestrian fatalities, 69 % are killed inside urban areas. This paper reviews the literature concerning pedestrian-motor vehicle collision and road safety management according to pedestrian role in accident rise. Paper examine pedestrians safety in order to determine what kind of factors of transport infrastructure, vehicle technical parameters, pedestrian behaviour and road or street category have the influence on pedestrian and vehicle accidents and identify technical reasons of accidents rise. Pedestrians crossing, crossing selection, crossing design and waiting times present the pedestrian role in accident according to road situation. A review is conducted of information in the literature on the injury outcome of a pedestrian/vehicle collision for a given impact speed and the likely consequences of reducing the travelling speeds of vehicles in terms of the frequency and severity of pedestrian injuries. Technical information found gives the opportunity to improve accident reconstruction cases and technical parameters, also it let to identify road infrastructure problems and pedestrian behaviour in road.

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Pedestrian gap acceptance for mid-block street crossing

Cited by 181 publications

References 27 publications

The estimation of vehicle speed and stopping distance by pedestrians crossing streets in a naturalistic traffic environment

The estimation of vehicle speed and stopping distance by pedestrians crossing streets in a naturalistic traffic environment

Analyses of pedestrian behavior on mid-block unsignalized crosswalk comparing Chinese and German cases

Pedestrians’ Role in Road Accidents

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