Citation

Gitelman V, Carmel R, Doveh E, Hakkert S. Int. J. Inj. Control Safe. Promot. 2018; 25(1): 31-40.

Affiliation

Road Safety Research Center , Technion - Israel Institute of Technology , Haifa , Israel.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/17457300.2017.1310740

PMID

28387151

Abstract

This study explored the impacts of pedestrian-crossing configurations and other design features, on accident occurrences at signalized junctions situated on central public transport routes (PTRs) of urban arterials. Statistical tests and negative-binomial regression models were applied to identify factors affecting accidents and to examine accident numbers of the PTR junctions as opposed to comparison-sites. At the PTR junctions, a consistent impact of pedestrian-crossing configurations on accidents was found, where a gradated-crossing with mixed-shifting is the least safe. Four-legged junctions tend to higher accident numbers relative to the three-legged junctions. PTR junctions are characterized by higher accident numbers, related to comparison-sites, when controlling for other design characteristics. The study findings may assist in selecting preferable design solutions while planning PTR.

Language: en

Keywords

Public transport routes; pedestrian crossing; safety; signalized junctions