The effects of age and traffic density on street-crossing behavior

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 53, Issue , 2013, Pages 166-175

  Lobjois, Régis ^a   Benguigui, Nicolas ^b   Cavallo, Viola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ GUSTAVE EIFFEL   (France)

^b NORMANDIE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Aging; Pedestrian; Street crossing; Traffic density; Virtual environment

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; PEDESTRIAN SAFETY; ROADS AND STREETS; TRANSPORTATION; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTS; PEDESTRIAN; STREET CROSSING; TASK CONSTRAINTS; TRAFFIC CONDITIONS; TRAFFIC DENSITIES; TRAFFIC STREAMS; VULNERABLE GROUPS;

STREET TRAFFIC CONTROL;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SAFETY; TIME; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VERY ELDERLY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK-TAKING; SAFETY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84878055490     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2012.12.028     Document Type: Article

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