Attitudes and behaviour of elderly in cognisance of transport safety when navigating pedestrian facilities

IF 5.7 1区 工程技术 Q1 ERGONOMICS
Jordan Poon, Yiik Diew Wong
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Abstract

The number of accidents involving elderly pedestrians has been increasing from year to year, in spite of various road safety initiatives having been implemented. In line with Singapore’s ageing population, this presents a worrying trend. This study aims to shed light on possible contributing factors via a human factors analysis. A preliminary investigation was first conducted at traffic junctions identified to have a greater occurrence of accidents involving elderly pedestrians and motorists. This preliminary investigation looked into the efficacy of infrastructure-oriented solutions in reducing the occurrence of such accidents. It was observed that infrastructure alone was inadequate in ensuring safety of elderly pedestrians. Next, a questionnaire was administered in order to gain information regarding traits, attitudes and behaviours pertinent to traffic safety. Subsequently, structural equation modelling was used to analyse the data via exploratory, confirmatory and path analysis. This was followed by an in-depth discussion which explored the relationship between the latent constructs of traits, attitudes and behaviours, as well as social demographic variables such as age, gender and education level. It was found that poor cognitive ability and poor attitudes towards transport safety were both positively correlated with unsafe behaviour; strong psychosocial beliefs were positively correlated with poor attitudes towards transport safety, but negatively correlated with unsafe behaviour. The study concludes with recommendations to improve traffic outcomes for the elderly.
老年人在使用行人设施时对交通安全的态度和行为。
尽管已经实施了各种道路安全措施,但涉及老年行人的交通事故数量仍在逐年增加。随着新加坡人口的老龄化,这一趋势令人担忧。本研究旨在通过人为因素分析来揭示可能的诱因。我们首先在一些交通路口进行了初步调查,这些路口被认定为涉及老年行人和驾车者的事故高发区。这项初步调查研究了以基础设施为导向的解决方案在减少此类事故发生方面的功效。调查发现,仅靠基础设施不足以确保老年行人的安全。接下来,我们发放了一份调查问卷,以获取与交通安全相关的特征、态度和行为方面的信息。随后,通过探索性、确认性和路径分析,使用结构方程模型对数据进行分析。随后进行了深入讨论,探讨了特质、态度和行为的潜在建构与年龄、性别和教育水平等社会人口变量之间的关系。研究发现,认知能力差和对交通安全的态度差都与不安全行为呈正相关;强烈的社会心理信念与对交通安全的态度差呈正相关,但与不安全行为呈负相关。研究最后提出了改善老年人交通状况的建议。
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CiteScore
11.90
自引率
16.90%
发文量
264
审稿时长
48 days
期刊介绍: Accident Analysis & Prevention provides wide coverage of the general areas relating to accidental injury and damage, including the pre-injury and immediate post-injury phases. Published papers deal with medical, legal, economic, educational, behavioral, theoretical or empirical aspects of transportation accidents, as well as with accidents at other sites. Selected topics within the scope of the Journal may include: studies of human, environmental and vehicular factors influencing the occurrence, type and severity of accidents and injury; the design, implementation and evaluation of countermeasures; biomechanics of impact and human tolerance limits to injury; modelling and statistical analysis of accident data; policy, planning and decision-making in safety.
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