== Abstract ==

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Pedestrians are among the most vulnerable victims of road traffic accidents. Establishing an unsignalized<br> pedestrian crossing at intersections occasionally results in a high crash risk due to the fact that many vehicle<br> drivers do not heed the legitimate right of way of pedestrians, either deliberately or because of some kind of<br> distraction, speeding or deficiencies in the traffic environment. The primary objective of the OBSERVE project<br> was to develop a novel approach for evaluating crosswalks based on data from observed pedestrian-vehicle<br> driver interactions and local site conditions. Within the project, 85 unsignalized pedestrian crossings in the cities<br> of Graz and Vienna were investigated by means of video observation. The trajectories of different road user<br> categories were analysed to obtain information on driving and walking speeds, traffic behaviour, time gaps etc.<br> That information was subsequently used to model driving behaviour. For the modelling process, data from 54<br> zebra crossings were used. A beta-regression model identified the parameters ‘pedestrian crossing type’ and<br> ‘pedestrian crossing width’ having the highest influence on the stopping probability.

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== Original document ==

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* [https://zenodo.org/record/1487527 https://zenodo.org/record/1487527] under the license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode

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* [https://zenodo.org/record/1487527 https://zenodo.org/record/1487527],

: [http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1487526 http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1487526] under the license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode

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* [https://zenodo.org/record/1487527 https://zenodo.org/record/1487527],

: [http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1487527 http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1487527] under the license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode

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DOIS: 10.5281/zenodo.1487526 10.5281/zenodo.1487527

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