%0 Journal Article
%T An investigation of road crossing in a virtual environment
%J Accident analysis and prevention
%D 2003
%A Richardson, Michael
%A Johnston, Lisa
%A Simpson, Grahame
%V 35
%N 5
%P 787-796
%X The reported study employed a virtual reality (VR) system, using a head mounted display (HMD), to investigate road crossing behavior in children and young adults. Younger children (aged 5-9 years) made the greatest number of unsafe road crossings and the oldest participants (aged >19 years) the fewest. Overall performance was better (fewer unsafe road crossings) in uniform speed than uniform distance trials, consistent with previous research suggesting that pedestrians base road crossing decisions on inter-vehicle distance rather than vehicle speed. Results are discussed in terms of road crossing behavior and the use of VR simulations in the study of pedestrian behavior.
%G en
%I Elsevier Publishing
%@ 0001-4575
%U http://dx.doi.org/