Effectiveness of Pedestrian Safety Service Provision Using Sensing Technology

Ki-Man Hong,Jong-Hoon Kim,Sang-Hoon Son

doi:10.3390/su13169333

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In this study, we describe the results of an analysis of the effectiveness of providing pedestrian safety services, in terms of reducing pedestrian traffic accidents. We conducted our analysis by investigating the speed of vehicles at two different demonstration points, where the same system and service were provided. For this purpose, we selected a child protection zone and a point on a general road section where a raised crossing is installed. We conducted vehicle speed surveys at the point adjacent to the crosswalk and the points where the driver is expected to be fully provided with information, in order to examine the change in vehicle approach speed, depending on the provision of the service. Overall, the analysis showed that the vehicle’s speed at the point and approaching speed decreased when the pedestrian safety service was provided; however, the effect was more pronounced in the child protection zone, considering the characteristics of the demonstration points. From these results, we conclude that it is necessary to provide services and develop guidelines considering the surrounding environment, such as traffic safety facilities and road safety facilities, according to the characteristics and classification of each point, in order to provide efficient pedestrian safety services.

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8.24%, depending on the survey found that the proportion of vehicles complying with the vehicle speed limit of 30 km/h in the child protection zone increased by 1.08% to 8.24%, depending on the survey point and the scenario
For Borim Pharmacy, for scenario 1, the approaching speed at crosswalks decreased by 18.69% after service provision, while it decreased by 14.39% before and the scenario

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Publisher’s Note: MDPI stays neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. In Korea, the number of drivers continues to increase, due to the increase in population and improved socio-economic conditions. The population has increased by 0.47% annually, from about 49.6 million people in 2010 to about 51.7 million people in 2019 [1]. The number of registered vehicles has increased by 3.13%

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