Determination of Moving Speed of School Age Children

Simeunović, Milan; Tanackov, Ilija; Pitka, Pavle; Papić, Zoran

doi:10.1155/2021/9965753

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“…Simeunovic et al [34] measured the speed of children in different walking regimes (Slow walk, Normal walk, Fast walk, Run and Rush) in a controlled environment, and according to their results, the influence of gender exists to a lesser extent at younger ages and becomes moderately significant at older ages; for all faster regimes of walking or running, there are significant differences in average speeds in favor of male subjects. 2.1.3.…”

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Child-Pedestrian Traffic Safety at Crosswalks—Literature Review

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Child pedestrians make up 30% of the total number of children injured in road traffic in the EU. They are a particularly vulnerable subgroup because they exhibit specific traffic behavior related to cognitive and physical development, sociodemographic characteristics, and environmental conditions. This paper provides an overview of research of parameters that affect the safety of children in the conflict zones of the intersection—crosswalks. The overview was undertaken targeting available research mostly conducted in the last 10 years all over the world, related to the identification of parameters that affect the safety of child-pedestrians, and models developed for the prediction of pedestrian and child-pedestrian behavior. Research conducted on various urban networks provides insight into locally and more widely applicable impact parameters connected to child characteristics and infrastructural and traffic elements, but also distractors (e.g., electronic devices) as new phenomena influencing children’s road safety. A review of pedestrian behavior-prediction models suggests that models are being developed for the general population, and models for children’s behavior, with specific parameters, are missing. For further research, more detailed analysis of the impact of distractors and of COVID–19 pandemic non-mobility, as well as an analysis of possible infrastructural solutions to increase children’s road traffic safety, is suggested.

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Child-Pedestrian Traffic Safety at Crosswalks—Literature Review

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“…Several studies came to the similar conclusions that there are no gender differences in the capacity to judge whether a road-crossing site is safe or harmful for children [ 26 , 27 ]. However, some concluded that boys and girls of various ages showed varied behaviors near and on roadways [ 28 , 29 ]. For example, Barton and Schwebel [ 30 ] and Granié [ 31 ] found that boy pedestrians are less likely to comply with road safety rules and more likely to be involved in injury-related accidents.…”

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An Examination of Child Pedestrian Rule Compliance at Crosswalks around Parks in Montreal, Canada

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This study aims to examine child pedestrian safety around parks by considering four rule-compliance measures: temporal, spatial, velocity and visual search compliance. In this regard, street crossing observations of 731 children were recorded at 17 crosswalks around four parks in Montreal, Canada. Information on child behaviors, road features, and pedestrian–vehicle interactions were gathered in three separate forms. Chi-square tests were used to highlight the individual, situational, behavioral and road environmental characteristics that are associated with pedestrian rule compliance. About half of our sampled children started crossing at the same time as the adults who accompanied them, but more rule violations were observed when the adult initiated the crossing. The child’s gender did not have a significant impact on rule compliance. Several variables were positively associated with rule compliance: stopping at the curb before crossing, close parental supervision, and pedestrian countdown signals. Pedestrian–car interaction had a mixed impact on rule compliance. Overall, rule compliance among children was high for each of our indicators, but about two-thirds failed to comply with all four indicators. A few measures, such as longer crossing signals and pedestrian countdown displays at traffic lights, may help to increase rule compliance and, ultimately, provide safer access to parks.

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