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Safety requirements for cyclists during impacts to the legs [PDF]
, 2009 The term vulnerable road user (VRU) is most commonly associated with pedestrians and in particular children and the elderly. In many European countries cyclists make up a significant number of VRU casualties - typically around one third.
Kayvantash, K. +2 more
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Child development and the aims of road safety education [PDF]
, 1996 Pedestrian accidents are one of the most prominent causes of premature injury, handicap and death in the modern world. In children, the problem is so severe that pedestrian accidents are widely regarded as the most serious of all health risks facing ...
Department for Transport (Funder) +5 more
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An Experimental Study on Pitch Compensation in Pedestrian-Protection Systems for Collision Avoidance and Mitigation [PDF]
, 2009 This paper describes an improved stereovision system for the anticipated detection of car-to-pedestrian accidents. An improvement of the previous versions of the pedestrian-detection system is achieved by compensation of the camera's pitch angle, since ...
Naranjo Hernández, José Eugenio +5 more
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Self-reported pedestrian knowledge of safety by school children in cape coast metropolis, Ghana
Urban, Planning and Transport Research, 2020 The incidence of a pedestrian crash is a leading cause of death among Ghanaian schoolchildren due to various factors including the lack of pedestrian walkways and zebra crossings.
Anthony Elorm Setorwofia +4 more
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MATEC Web of Conferences, 2017 Based on data from 2015 [1], it was found that 31% of all fatalities in road accidents in Poland were pedestrians. In places accessible to pedestrian traffic 74.2% of total accidents involving pedestrians were recorded.
Mackun Tomasz, Ryś Artur, Tomczuk Piotr
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A Dynamic Algorithm for Measuring Pedestrian Congestion and Safety in Urban Alleyways
ISPRS International Journal of Geo-InformationThis study presents an algorithm for measuring Pedestrian Congestion and Safety on alleyways, wherein pedestrians and vehicles share limited space, making traditional pedestrian density metrics inadequate.
Jiyoon Lee, Youngok Kang
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Urban, Planning and Transport Research, 2023 Pedestrian fatalities constitute a fourth of all road deaths in Ghana. Footbridges are recent countermeasures deployed to improve pedestrians’ safety in Ghana.
James Damsere-Derry +1 more
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, 2015 Skills and awareness of young pedestrians can be improved with on-street practical pedestrian training, often delivered in schools in the United Kingdom by local authorities with the intention of improving road safety. This training is often supplemented
Tom Cherrett +5 more
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Pedestrian safety evaluation of signalized intersections using surrogate safety measures
Transport, 2020 The large proportions of pedestrian fatalities led researchers to make the improvements of pedestrian safety at intersections. Thus, this paper proposes a methodology to evaluate crosswalk safety at signalized intersections using Surrogate Safety ...
Sankaran Marisamynathan +1 more
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Investigating pedestrian safety-related behavior in developing countries: Egypt as a case study
Traffic Safety Research, 2022 Understanding pedestrian behavior and road safety culture is essential for improving traffic safety in developing countries. The primary aim of this study was to investigate the validity for applying the Pedestrian Behavior Scale (PBS) in Egypt to ...
Abduallah Bayomi +3 more
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