Assessing the Effect of Turning Vehicles and Pedestrians on the Safety of an Urban Road Section (Using Examples from the Commonwealth of Independent States)

• Main Authors: Kapski Denis, Kot Yauheni, Lutsenko Tetiana, Prasolenko Oleksii, Galkin Andrii, Lobashov Oleksii, Dulfan Sergii
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sciendo 2020-06-01
• Series: Slovak Journal of Civil Engineering
• Subjects: roadtraffic; pedestrian; traffic conflicts; crosswalk; traffic light intersection; road accidents; risk
• Online Access: http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/sjce.2020.28.issue-2/sjce-2020-0009/sjce-2020-0009.xml?format=INT

The article is devoted to an analysis of accidents involving pedestrians in traffic. An analysis of the statistical data of accidents involving pedestrians in the Republic of Belarus has been made. The main patterns and trends of accidents involving pedestrians are identified. A detailed analysis of the accident rate at pedestrian crossings and intersections was carried out, which made it possible to establish the most dangerous types of collisions during the interaction of transport and pedestrian flows. Experimental studies of collision situations were also carried out, which made it possible to establish the dependence of the violation rate on the composition of the right-handed traffic flow, on the type of traffic signal that regulates traffic on the right, as well as on the size of groups of pedestrians in front of cars.