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The growing use and influence of technology has the potential to endanger pedestrians more than before; however, the extent to which pedestrian safety is affected as a result of distraction among drivers and pedestrians is not well established. The ongoing NHTSA project: Effect of Electronic Device Use on Pedestrian Safety is intended to quantify the risk of pedestrian crashes due to the use of electronic devices by both pedestrians and drivers. High quality data on the prevalence of distraction among pedestrians and drivers is required to assess the impact of distraction on crash risk. Valid surrogate measures of traffic conflict as well as State pedestrian crash data are needed to investigate the contribution of pedestrian and driver distraction to crash frequency and severity. A robust field data collection method was used for collecting pedestrian-vehicle conflicts, distractors, and safety-related behaviors simultaneously in real time.

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ANB20 Standing Committee on Safety Data, Analysis and Evaluation.

01584066

16-4080

English

10p

2016

Transportation Research Board 95th Annual Meeting

Digital/other

Figures; References; Tables

Automatic data collection systems; Cellular telephones; Crash risk forecasting; Distraction; Drivers; Pedestrian safety; Pedestrian vehicle interface

U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

Data and Information Technology; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors; I73: Traffic Control; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2016 Paper #16-4080

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Jan 12 2016 5:48PM