Perception of the traffic safety level provided in elementary school areas

Basbas, Socrates; Kokkalis, Alexandros; Konstantinidou, Christina

doi:10.2495/ut090531

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“…Parents feel that it is unsafe when children travel on roads with high vehicle speed [ 51 , 52 , 53 ]. Children also do not feel safe when walking or cycling with the presence of high-speed vehicles [ 53 , 54 , 55 , 56 ], except for one study [ 52 ] which found that children indicated their environment was less dangerous than parents (mothers) in the presence of high-speed vehicles and high traffic volumes. Children [ 53 , 54 , 56 , 57 ] and parents [ 51 , 52 , 58 ] both felt that high traffic volumes were unsafe.…”

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Objective and Perceived Traffic Safety for Children: A Systematic Literature Review of Traffic and Built Environment Characteristics Related to Safe Travel

Amiour

Waygood

Berg

2022

IJERPH

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The literature on children’s active transportation has shown the influence of the built environment characteristics on walking and crashes. Various reviews have examined those two questions. One influence on walking is the perception of traffic safety. However, it is not clear how, or even if, the built environment affects such perceptions. This research aims to understand which traffic and built environment characteristics influence objective and subjective/perceived traffic safety for children based on the analysis of previous studies in the field. Two types of research were used: the first examines the association between traffic and built environment characteristics and child pedestrian and/or cyclist collisions/injuries; the second relates to the perception of safety by parents and children for active transportation and, where studied, its relationship with built environment characteristics. A systematic review was conducted using five electronic databases. The total number of articles retrieved was reduced to 38 following the eligibility criteria and quality assessment, where 25 articles relate to injuries among children and 13 articles pertain to perception of safety. The results showed that high traffic volume and high vehicle speed are the main reasons children and parents feel unsafe when children use active travel, which matches the main findings on objective safety. Few articles on perception of safety related to the objective built environment were found. However, consistent findings exist. The presence of sidewalk was related to the safety of children. The presence of a crossing guard was positively related to perceived safety but was associated with higher rates of injuries among children. Intersection density was related to unsafe perceptions but was not statistically associated with objective traffic safety. Additionally, population density was found to be positively related to injuries among children, but not to perception of safety. The results help policy strategy to enhance the safety of children when using active transport modes.

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“…Regarding perception of safety results, one study [ 50 ] indicated that the existence of double parking along school routes was not related to parental perceived danger. Children [ 54 , 56 ] and parents [ 51 ] feel that the presence of street parking along school routes decreases safety for children.…”

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Objective and Perceived Traffic Safety for Children: A Systematic Literature Review of Traffic and Built Environment Characteristics Related to Safe Travel

Amiour

Waygood

Berg

2022

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“…During the last years, special attention was given to children and their trips made on foot, especially near school areas. A friendly walking school environment is an area which encourages safe walking from home to school [4].…”

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Evaluation of road safety level in school areas: the case of the city of Thessaloniki, Greece

Basbas¹,

Konstantinidou²,

Giorgou³

2011

WIT Transactions on the Built Environment

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The pupils' trips to and from school, have been investigated thoroughly by many researchers all over the world due to the safety risk imposed to the students by the vehicular traffic. All proposals that have been made by the researchers have aimed at the improvement of the walking environment in terms of safety, accessibility, security etc. The overall target is to reduce traffic flows and speed near school areas and to further improve the environment. This paper attempts to evaluate the service facilities provided near elementary school areas in the city of Thessaloniki, Greece. In the framework of this research, a survey was carried out in various areas of the city. Each survey area has different land use and transport system characteristics. The examination of the road safety level near schools was based on the use of two tools: the Pedestrian Quality Inspection which is one of the developments of COST 358: Pedestrians' Quality Needs and the Dover, Kohl & Partners, Town Planning, and Chael, Cooper & Associates P.A. Architecture, Design Guidelines for Pedestrian-Friendly Neighborhood Schools. The survey provides information on pupils' trips from home to school and also on the characteristics of the current walking infrastructure near school areas in order to evaluate the road safety level and to propose measures so that walking from home to school becomes friendlier, safer, and more accessible for the pupils.

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School route safety perceptions of primary school children and their parents: Effects of transportation mode and infrastructure

von Stülpnagel,

Riach,

Hologa

et al. 2024

International Journal of Sustainable Transportation

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Perception of the traffic safety level provided in elementary school areas

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Objective and Perceived Traffic Safety for Children: A Systematic Literature Review of Traffic and Built Environment Characteristics Related to Safe Travel

Objective and Perceived Traffic Safety for Children: A Systematic Literature Review of Traffic and Built Environment Characteristics Related to Safe Travel

Evaluation of road safety level in school areas: the case of the city of Thessaloniki, Greece

School route safety perceptions of primary school children and their parents: Effects of transportation mode and infrastructure

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