Evidence for Pedestrians

Bringing children into the social contract of road use: Final report (Road Safety Research Report No. 33)

Objectives: Develop and evaluate a booklet for parents to support them in teaching traffic skills and comprehension to their own children (targeted at 5-8 year olds) and also induce an error-avoidant perspective and consistent spontaneous deployment of traffic skills.

Author(s): S. Wood, S. Thornton, E. Arundell and L. Graupner

Published: University of Sussex prepared for the Department for Transport, 2003
Date: 15 Mar 2013
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Bringing children into the social contract of road use

Objectives: To develop and then evaluate the effectiveness of a booklet for parents, which aimed to help them to improve their children’s road safety

Author(s): S. Wood, S. Thornton, E. Arundell and L. Graupner

Published: Department for Transport, 2003
Date: 28 Jan 2013
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Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children: Longitudinal Analysis of Risk of Injury in the Road Environment in Childhood and Adolescence (Road Safety Web Publication No. 23)

Objectives: To explore the relationship between reported road traffic RTIs in adolescence and a range of background personal and family risk factors in early life, and to investigate the characteristics of children who had repeat road traffic incidents.

Author(s): A. Emond, R. Doerner, J. Mytton and E. Towner

Published: Centre for Child and Adolescent Health, Bristol, prepared for Department for Transport, 2011
Date: 15 Mar 2013
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Attitudes to Road Safety and Think! Road Safety Campaigns

Objectives: To review existing road safety communications aimed at children and teenagers and investigate possible methods/routes for improving communication.

Author(s): M. Ratcliff and S. Bouchier-Hayers

Published: MURMUR prepared for the Department for Transport, no date
Date: 15 Mar 2013
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Attitudes to Road Safety and Think! Road Safety Campaigns

Objectives: To review road safety communications aimed at children and teenagers and investigate possible methods/routes for improving communication, and to explore the need for a separate marketing approach for 10-11 year olds during the transition from primary to secondary school.

Author(s): M. Ratcliff and S. Bouchier-Hayes

Published: MURMUR prepared for the Department for Transport, no date
Date: 15 Mar 2013
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Assessing the perceived safety risk from quiet electric and hybrid vehicles to vision impaired pedestrians (PPR 525)

Objectives: To investigate the RTI risk posed by electric and hybrid vehicles due to their low noise.

Author(s): P. Morgan, L. Morris, M. Muirhead, L. Walter and J. Martin

Published: Transport Research Laboratory, 2011
Date: 02 Feb 2013
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Analysis of pedestrian crashes

Objectives: Analysis of pedestrian RTIs in North America to inform a development programme for vehicle RTI avoidance systems.

Author(s): M. daSilva, J. Smith and W. Najm

Published: USA National Highways Traffic Safety Administration, 2003
Date: 02 Feb 2013
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An investigation of road crossing in a virtual environment

Objectives: Use of virtual reality system to investigate road crossing behaviour in children and young adults (aged 19 to 30).

Author(s): G. Simpson, L. Johnston, M. Richardson

Published: Accident Analysis and Prevention. 2003 Sep; 35(5), 2003
Date: 02 Feb 2013
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Alcohol and pedestrians

Objectives: In the context of reductions in drinking and driving, problems relating to alcohol and pedestrians tend to increase. This report presents the results from studies on alcohol and pedestrians.

Author(s): Department for Transport

Published: Department for Transport, 2001
Date: 02 Feb 2013
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“Dexiate ver”. “Make yourself visible”

Objectives: Focussed on the city of Ourense, Spain the initiative aimed to improve road safety by modifying pedestrian behaviour; raising awareness to make road safety a social issue and ensuring that adults set a good example to children.