Crossing roads safely: An experimental study of age differences in gap selection by pedestrians

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 962-971

  Oxley, Jennifer A ^a   Ihsen, Elfriede ^b   Fildes, Brian N ^a   Charlton, Judith L ^a   Day, Ross H ^c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ageing; Behaviour; Crash; Crash risk; Pedestrian

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOOTBRIDGES; GROUND VEHICLES; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; TRAFFIC SIGNALS;

AGEING; BEHAVIOR; CRASH; CRASH RISK; PEDESTRIAN;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WALKING;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUSTRALIA; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK-TAKING; TIME FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 23844516770     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2005.04.017     Document Type: Article

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