Communications - Scientific Letters of the University of Zilina 2022, 24(2):F14-F26 | DOI: 10.26552/com.C.2022.2.F14-F26

Analysis of Pedestrian Behavior in the City of Pila

Piotr Gorzelańczyk ORCID...1, Jakub Bazela ORCID...1, Tomį¹ Kalina ORCID...2, Martin Jurkovič ORCID...2
1 Stanislaw Staszic University of Applied Sciences in Pila, Pila, Poland
2 Department of Water Transport, Faculty of Operation and Economics of Transport and Communications, University of Zilina, Zilina, Slovak Republic

Every year, many people lose their health and/or lives on Polish roads. One of the reasons for this is behavior of pedestrians at pedestrian crossings, which affects the road safety. The aim of the article was to conduct experimental research, the idea of which was to study the behavior of pedestrians at pedestrian crossings in the city of Pila, the results of which can be applied to Poland. During the research, the behavior of pedestrians and the impact on the probability of a road accident were analyzed. Undoubtedly, the prevailing epidemic, during which people are in many respects limited, had an impact on the results obtained, therefore the number of people at the analyzed crossings may have decreased. The conducted research confirmed the Police statistical data that the most dangerous crossings for pedestrians are those without traffic lights.

Keywords: safety, pedestrians, pedestrian crossing, road traffic

Received: August 12, 2021; Accepted: November 3, 2021; Prepublished online: January 19, 2022; Published: April 1, 2022  Show citation

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Gorzelańczyk, P., Bazela, J., Kalina, T., & Jurkovič, M. (2022). Analysis of Pedestrian Behavior in the City of Pila. Communications - Scientific Letters of the University of Zilina, 24(2), F14-26. doi: 10.26552/com.C.2022.2.F14-F26
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