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A Study on Pedestrian Crashes Contributing Factors During Jaywalking - Focused on the case of Seoul -

무단횡단 교통사고 요인에 관한 연구 - 서울시 사례를 중심으로 -

  • 최재성 (서울시립대학교 교통공학과) ;
  • 김상엽 (전북발전연구원 도시공간교통연구부) ;
  • 김성규 (서울시립대학교 교통공학과) ;
  • 연준형 (서울시립대학교 교통공학과) ;
  • 김칠현 (전주대학교 토목환경공학과)
  • Received : 2015.04.17
  • Accepted : 2015.05.13
  • Published : 2015.06.30
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Abstract

Seoul has 424 traffic fatalities in 2010 and 227 of them related to pedestrian crashes. In addition, it revealed that 40% of pedestrian fatalities occurred during jaywalking. Through the effective methods preventing jaywalking can save lots of people, and it can reduce social costs pertinent to pedestrian crashes. Therefore, this study is to suggest the methods preventing jaywalking through conducting literature reviews, human factors with pedestrian and vehicle characteristics, as well as geometric features of accident site or spot. Firstly, in order for examining the contributing factors of accident, this research conducts statistical analysis on pedestrian accidents specifically in jaywalking. Secondly, the analysis on human factors about pedestrian and drivers revealed that drivers with high speed play pivotal roles in pedestrian fatalities. Thirdly, Road and environment factors showed both expected and contradictory results through analyzing total numbers of lane or dry/icy pavement conditions. Consequently, this study can be used to prevent and alleviate pedestrian accidents as well as expected to be applied to future researches about pedestrian safety facilities.

2010년 서울의 교통사고 사망자는 424명이며, 이들 중 227명(54%)이 보행자 사고이다. 또한 보행자 사망사고 중 보행자 사망사고의 40%가 무단횡단에 의한 사고로 나타났다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 보행자 사고에서 큰 비중을 차지하는 무단횡단을 예방하는 방법을 제안하며 문헌 고찰, 인적 요인 및 차량 특성, 사고지점의 기하학적 특성을 반영하여 연구를 수행하였다. 방법 제시에 앞서 사고 요인을 밝히기 위해 무단횡단 사고의 실험 및 통계 분석을 수행하였다. 첫째, 인적요인 분석을 통해 고속으로 주행하는 운전자가 무단횡단 사망사고에 큰 비중을 차지하고 있는 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 보행자 측면에서는 고령자들이 무단횡단 사망사고에 취약했으며 버스나 택시와의 사고에서 사고 심각도가 높았다. 마지막으로 도로 및 환경 측면에서 차로수와 노면상태에 관련하여 분석했을 때, 일반적인 예상과 다른 결과를 보이기도 했다. 본 연구는 보행자 사망사고를 예방하는 방법을 증진시키고, 보행자 안전에 대한 논의에 이용될 수 있을 것이다.

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