In this study, a conscious investigation and a walk status survey were conducted to establish countermeasures by analyzing the characteristics of the elderly walkers. First, the survey found that the elderly considered the age, which was one of the ju...
In this study, a conscious investigation and a walk status survey were conducted to establish countermeasures by analyzing the characteristics of the elderly walkers. First, the survey found that the elderly considered the age, which was one of the judgment criteria, for the elderly to be high than those for the nonaged. The elderly believed that there was no problem with their physical condition, and the risk of an accident was not high in their case. However, the percentage of elderly people who experienced pedestrian traffic accidents over the past five years is about three times higher, which presents the conclusion that there prevails a high risk of traffic accidents in the case of elderly pedestrians. Second, the analysis of the status of the elderly pedestrians crossing six types of crosswalks revealed that they had slower traversal speeds in comparison with the nonaged, and their reaction time after the green signal was also slower than the nonaged. There was no difference between the elderly and the nonaged in the case of left- and right-check identifications while crossing; the overall identification rate was very low.