A research on traffic conflicts between vehicle and pedestrian on urban typical road section

Abstract

In a typical road traffic environment, drivers may make wrong judgments and predictions to the pedestrians ahead because of a variety of reasons. Real pedestrian-traffic conflict data are collected and analyzed. This research videotaped conflicts between pedestrians and vehicles in three non-signal pedestrian crosswalks in Beijing. A conflict safety distance model of typical road sections is proposed by identifying the process of the changing of vehicle’s speed and pedestrian’s speed. Reasonable suggestions for the development of the vehicle driving assistant systems are presented.