Analysis of Pedestrian Behavior at Crosswalks and Evaluation of Functioning Pedestrian Crossings

Abstract

Every year, on Polish roads, many deaths occur. In the best case scenario, only the vehicle is damaged. The number of road accidents is extremely high. Road safety is mainly affected by the reckless behavior of pedestrians at street crossings. Undoubtedly, road safety is an important issue. The aim of this article is to analyze the behavior of pedestrians at crossings and to evaluate the function of pedestrian crossings. For this purpose, a questionnaire study was conducted, in which respondents were asked whether they take precautions and whether they use cell phones at pedestrian crossings. Moreover, an assessment was performed of the safety of a selection of pedestrian crossings: whether they are well lit, and whether the respondents have been involved in a traffic accident. From the analysis of the survey, it can be concluded that the number of pedestrians taking precautions at pedestrian crossings averaged 86.46%; 25.69% of the respondents admitted that they have used a cell phone at a pedestrian crossing. In addition, the survey confirmed that the most dangerous pedestrian crossings are those that do not have traffic lights. It was also found that those who have a driver's license should actually be more vigilant at pedestrian crossings when driving.

Impact of information on the number of traffic accidents on the outcome of the forecast

“…2). The problem of traffic safety has been addressed in the following articles (Bartuska et al 2016, Čubranić--DobroDolac et al 2020, Gorzelanczyk, bazela 2021, Gorzelanczyk, Huk 2022, Gorzelanczyk, Tylicki 2023, Gorzelanczyk et al 2020, 2022a, 2022b, 2022c, 2022d, Gorzelanczyk 2023a, 2023b, 2023c, 2023d. A vector autoregression model has also been used to forecast the number of traffic accidents, the drawback of which is the need to have a large number of observations of variables in order to correctly estimate their parameters (wójcik 2014), as well as the autoregression models of moneDero et al (2021) for analyzing the number of fatalities (moneDero et al 2021) and the curve--fit regression models of al-maDani (2018).…”