| CHARACTERISTICS OF RIGHT-TURNING LIGHT-DUTY TRUCK
COLLISION ACCIDENTS INVOLVING PEDESTRIANS IN
DIFFERENT TIME ZONES |
| Shoko Oikawa 1, Yasuhiro Matsui 2, Naoyuki Kubota 1, Shigeru Aomura 1, Kazuhiro Sorimachi 3, Akira Imanishi 3, Takeshi Fujimura 3 |
1Faculty of System Design, Tokyo Metropolitan University
2Vehicle Safety Research Department, National Traffic Safety and Environment Laboratory
3Faculty of System Design, Tokyo Metropolitan University |
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| ABSTRACT |
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This study attempts to clarify the characteristics of light-duty truck collision accidents involving pedestrians
during right-turn maneuvers by analyzing actual pedestrian accident data in Japan. Evidence differences were observed
between the daytime and nighttime. The number of injured and fatal pedestrians during the day was larger than that during
the night. The rate of vehicle travel velocity ≤ 10 km/h in the daytime (47.0 %) was significantly higher than that in the
nighttime (39.2 %), whereas the rate of vehicle travel velocity ≤ 20 km/h in the nighttime (52.7 %) was significantly higher
than that in the daytime (46.9 %). The highest rate in the daytime was presented for the age group of 13 ~ 64 years in minor
injuries (54.1 %) and for those 75 years or older in serious injuries (47.5 %) and fatalities (64.3 %). For pedestrian crossing
directions on the crosswalk, the pedestrian crossing from the forward left-side corner to the right-side corner exhibited the
highest percentage in the daytime (39.2 %), and the opposite direction of crossing from the right-side corner to the forward
left-side corner exhibited the highest percentage in the nighttime (39.6 %). The characteristics obtained in this study will
contribute to the development and evaluation of advanced safety systems that are specialized for right-turning maneuvers of
light-duty trucks. |
| Key Words:
Light-duty truck, Right turning, Pedestrian, Traffic accident |
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Corresponding Author.
Yasuhiro Matsui , Email. 
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