Actions taken by pedestrians and drivers to avoid accidents
A small number of traffic conflicts or potential accidents lead to accidents. Most of road users involved in conflicts do evasive actions to avoid accidents. A research was carried out to examine the actions taken by road users to avoid pedestrian-vehicle collisions or accidents. Information on pede...
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[Yogyakarta] : Universitas Gadjah Mada
2000
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| Online Access: | https://repository.ugm.ac.id/18318/ http://i-lib.ugm.ac.id/jurnal/download.php?dataId=1099 |
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| Summary: | A small number of traffic conflicts or potential accidents lead to accidents. Most of road users involved in conflicts do evasive actions to avoid accidents. A research was carried out to examine the actions taken by road users to avoid pedestrian-vehicle collisions or accidents. Information on pedestrian-vehicle conflicts, pedestrian and driver speeds were obtained synchronously through a combination of direct observation, video analysis, and analysis of tube and loop detectors' output. It was found that pedestrians walk faster or run while drivers decelerate to avoid a collision. The decelerations became harder at a point around 25 metres from the stop line and the maximum value was 8.9 m/s'.
Key Words: Traffic conflicts - pedestrians - vehicle collisions - civil engineering |
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