Debnath Mithun, Hasanat-E-Rabbi Shahnewaz, Hamim Omar Faruqe, Hoque Md Shamsul, McIlroy Rich C, Plant Katherine L, Stanton Neville A
Department of Civil Engineering, Ahsanullah University of Science & Technology, 141 & 142, Love Road, Tejgaon Industrial Area, Dhaka-1208, Bangladesh.
Accident Research Institute, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh.
Saf Sci. 2021 Jun;138:None. doi: 10.1016/j.ssci.2021.105214.
In Bangladesh, pedestrians remain the most neglected road user group in terms of research and safety measures, even though they are involved in nearly 50% of all fatal collisions. In the Dhaka metropolitan area, this statistic rises to around 65%. To reduce the recurrence of such collisions, it is necessary to understand the underlying thought processes of pedestrians, and how pedestrians interact with different road users, particularly when crossing the road. This study contributes to knowledge through the analysis of verbal data from 46 pedestrians, framed in terms of the Perceptual Cycle Model, where cognitive processes are described in terms of three categories: schema (mental templates), action (doing things), and world (environmental information). Concurrent verbal reports were provided by participants while they negotiated a busy area of mixed traffic in the centre of Dhaka city. The analysis revealed some of the factors that affected decision-making (for road crossing behaviour) at the different road sections. Many external factors (e.g., street sellers, rubbish blocking the path, lack of shade and poor pavement condition) prevented the pavement from being used and contributed to riskier road crossing behaviour. Some safety implications and related recommendations are presented.
在孟加拉国，尽管行人几乎占到了所有致命碰撞事故的50%，但在研究和安全措施方面，他们仍然是最被忽视的道路使用者群体。在达卡都会区，这一统计数字上升到了约65%。为了减少此类碰撞事故的再次发生，有必要了解行人的潜在思维过程，以及行人如何与不同的道路使用者互动，尤其是在过马路时。本研究通过对46名行人的言语数据进行分析，以感知循环模型为框架，为相关知识做出了贡献。在该模型中，认知过程被描述为三个类别：图式（心理模板）、行动（做事）和世界（环境信息）。参与者在达卡市中心一个繁忙的混合交通区域通行时，同时提供了言语报告。分析揭示了在不同路段影响（过马路行为）决策的一些因素。许多外部因素（如街头小贩、垃圾堵塞道路、缺乏树荫和人行道状况不佳）导致人行道无法使用，并促成了更危险的过马路行为。文中还提出了一些安全影响及相关建议。
