Assessment of the visibility of unprotected road users in pedestrian crossing

• Autorzy: Różowicz Sebastian , Baran Krzysztof , Różowicz Antoni , Leśko Marcin , Beňa Lubomír

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.24425/aee.2024.148862

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The article presents selected results of research on improving pedestrian traffic safety. Based on annually-updated accident statistics made available by the police, as well as the new pedestrian traffic regulations in force, detailed work was undertaken to assess the level of visibility of pedestrians by drivers in pedestrian crossing areas. The research was carried out by analyzing several characteristic cases of pedestrian crossings occurring in Poland, in which there was only dedicated lighting for crossings, only street lighting, and a variant of coexistence of both of the above lighting solutions. Illuminance measurements were made in the horizontal and vertical planes of pedestrian crossings, and the results were confronted with the relevant guidelines. The next step involved a complementary measurement of the luminance distribution of the vertical plane containing the pedestrian and a portion of the sub- and super-horizontal background. Visibility pedestrians was considered in positive and negative contrast variants, and was then related to the obtained results of the illumination distribution. The analysis of the results of the study indicated the possibility of limited visibility of pedestrians at the crossings despite the satisfactory results obtained from measurements of the illuminance distribution within the crossings.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

luminance distribution; pedestrian crossing; pedestrian visibility; road lighting; traffic safety

• Wydawca: Polish Academy of Sciences, Committee on Electrical Engineering
• Czasopismo: Archives of Electrical Engineering
• Rocznik: 2024
• Tom: Vol. 73, nr 1
• Strony: 145--164
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 32 poz., fot., rys., wykr., wz.

Twórcy

autor

Różowicz Sebastian

• Department of Industrial Electrical Engineering and Automatic Control, Kielce University of Technology, Tysiąclecia Państwa Polskiego 7, 25-314 Kielce, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3614-9654

autor

Baran Krzysztof

• Department of Power Electronics and Power Engineering, Rzeszow University of Technology, Wincentego Pola 2, 35-959 Rzeszow, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6150-0461

autor

Różowicz Antoni

• Department of Industrial Electrical Engineering and Automatic Control, Kielce University of Technology, Tysiąclecia Państwa Polskiego 7, 25-314 Kielce, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6236-8888

autor

Leśko Marcin

• Department of Power Electronics and Power Engineering, Rzeszow University of Technology, Wincentego Pola 2, 35-959 Rzeszow, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6008-2931+

autor

Beňa Lubomír

• Department of Electrical Power Engineering, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics (FEI), Technical University of Kosice, Letna 9, Kosice, 040 01, Slovakia

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4318-042X

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MNiSW, umowa nr SONP/SP/546092/2022 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki i promocja sportu (2024).