Citation

Fraboni F, Marín Puchades V, De Angelis M, Pietrantoni L, Prati G. Accid. Anal. Prev. 2018; 120: 219-232.

Affiliation

Department of Psychology, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Via Berti Pichat 5, 40126, Bologna, Italy.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.aap.2018.08.013

PMID

30172107

Abstract

Accident analysis and studies on traffic revealed that cyclists' violation of red-light regulation is a typical infringement committed by cyclists. Furthermore, an association between cyclists' crash involvement and red-light violations has been found across different countries. The literature on red-light running cyclists' behavior in relation to their characteristic is still scarce. The present study, adopted an eye-observational methodology to investigates differences in cyclists' crossing behavior at intersections, with a particular attention to their demographical characteristics. The classification of cyclists' red-light behavior in risk-taking, opportunistic and law-obeying, was adopted and re-adapted to reflect more objective behaviors, eliminating any inference or judgment. Two researchers at a time observed unobtrusively at four different intersections, during morning and late afternoon peak hours, 1381 cyclists approaching the traffic light during the red phase. More than 60% of the observed cyclists violated the traffic control.

RESULTS showed that the visual search strategy displayed by the cyclists and the presence of other cyclists at the intersection are important factors in predicting the probability of red-light running behavior.

Copyright © 2018 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved.

Language: en

Keywords

Classification tree; Cycling behavior; Cycling safety; Observational study; Red-light violation