RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article
T1 Changes in Safety Performance on Single-Carriageway Roads After Installation of Additional Lighting at Pedestrian Crossing
A1 Ziolkowski, Robert
A1 Pérez Acebo, Heriberto
A1 Gonzalo Orden, Hernán
A1 Linares Unamunzaga, Alaitz
K1 Pedestrian crossings
K1 Road safety
K1 Crash rate
K1 Additional lighting
K1 Seguridad vial
K1 Traffic safety
K1 Ingeniería de tráfico
K1 Traffic engineering
AB Pedestrian safety is a critical concern worldwide, as pedestrians account for nearly a quarter of all road crash deaths. In Poland, in the last decade, the number of pedestrians killed in road accidents varied from 25 to 30% of all road accident victims each year. A similar tendency is observed in EU countries, but the average number of pedestrian fatalities is lower and amounts to 20%. Numerous activities have been undertaken to improve the safety of vulnerable road users. Land planning plays a crucial role in enhancing pedestrian safety. Effective land-use planning can mitigate risks by integrating pedestrian-friendly infrastructure into urban design. Numerous measures have been implemented to improve the safety of vulnerable road users, including education campaigns, speed reduction measures, and infrastructure enhancements. One of the latest initiatives involves enhancing the visibility of pedestrian crossings through the installation of additional lighting systems. In order to assess the effects of the undertaken activities, a number of zebra crossings with and without additional luminance were investigated. Crash data gained from police statistics, along with the calculated crash rates (CRs), were utilized to evaluate changes in safety performance at selected crosswalks. For this purpose, a „before–after” method was applied. Importantly, the research results did not show a clear impact of additional lighting on reducing the number of road crashes and they highlight that other factors, including the geometric characteristics of crossings and their location and proximity to land uses generating significant pedestrian traffic, significantly influence crash rates.
PB MDPI
SN 2073-445X
YR 2024
FD 2024-12
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10259/10144
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10259/10144
LA eng
NO This research was supported by Project No. WZ/WB-IIL/7/2023, and it was financially supported by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Poland; the University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, grant number GIU21/046, and grant number “the Erasmus+ programme Call 2020-KA1-Staff Mobility for teaching and training activities”; and Viuda de Sainz, S.A., grant number 2022-0300, to develop the project DigiCalm, 5/112/IV/2021/00001, funded by Diputación Foral de Bizkaia.
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Burgos
RD 03-feb-2025