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Title:

Pedestrian Safety Hazard Due to Jaywalking and Cell Phone Induced Distractions: A Synopsis from Highway Intersections in Bangladesh

Accession Number:

01763427

Record Type:

Component

Abstract:

Pedestrian fatalities account for 22% of all road traffic fatalities around the world. The statistics are even grimmer for the developing countries where jaywalking is predominant. There, along with jaywalking, the use of cell phones while crossing the road is acerbating pedestrian casualties. This delves into thought processing of jaywalkers and pedestrians using cell phones while crossing roads to devise countermeasures for improving pedestrian safety. The study observes pedestrian behavior at 32 intersections on national and regional highways of Bangladesh through video data and subsequently interviews 2,016 pedestrians found jaywalking and/or using cell phones while crossing the road. Data on their socio-economic and demographic characteristics, various risk perceptions, physical obstructions forcing jaywalking, distracting cell phone use, road crossing behavior and their knowledge about basic rules of the road were collected. Next, Bayesian Networks (BBN) were constructed to answer ‘who’, ‘why’ and ‘how’ related questions regarding jaywalkers and pedestrians who use a cell phone while road crossing. The findings suggest that jaywalking is more predominant among males, aged between 26-40 years who have received secondary education despite having decent knowledge regarding basic rules of the road. The most influential factors concerning risky jaywalking and using cell phone while road crossing are ‘Gender’, ‘Jaywalker Activities’, ‘Driving experiences’, ‘Purposes of Journey’, and ‘Frequency of visit that area’. The identified high impact variables associated with jaywalking, and also the triggering factors of cell phone-induced jaywalking are expected to assist decision-makers to develop pragmatic pedestrian safety policies in the context of developing countries.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ACS20 Standing Committee on Safety Performance Analysis.

Report/Paper Numbers:

TRBAM-21-04058

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

Authors:

Prema, Afia Jahin
Ahammed, Dewan Tanvir
Mahmud, Niaz
Raihan, Md Asif
Hossain, Moinul
Mamun, Abdullah Al

Pagination:

19p

Publication Date:

2021

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 100th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2021-1-5 to 2021-1-29
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board; Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Figures; References; Tables

Geographic Terms:

Bangladesh

Subject Areas:

Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2021 Paper #TRBAM-21-04058

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Dec 23 2020 10:59AM