Pedestrian risky behavior and safety at zebra crossings in a Ghanaian metropolitan area.

CONCLUSION: The majority of the pedestrian crashes in the metropolis resulted in injuries resulting in hospitalization or fatalities and occurred at a midblock. Pedestrians largely exhibited risky behaviors predisposing the occurrence of RTCs at zebra crossings despite the fact that they are a pedestrian right-of-way. There is therefore the need for the National Road Safety Commission to carry out campaigns to educate pedestrians on the safer use of zebra crossings.
PMID: 30951398 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Traffic Injury Prevention - April 4, 2019 Category: Accident Prevention Authors: Ojo T, Adetona CO, Agyemang W, Afukaar FK Tags: Traffic Inj Prev Source Type: research