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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2014.15.7.4634

Effects of LED Safety Induction Block on Crosswalk Accident  

Park, Dae-Young (Department of Bio Industrial Mechanical Engineering, Pusan National University)
Yoo, Kyong-Kon (Division of Mechatronics, Korea Polytech University)
Choi, Won-Sik (Department of Bio Industrial Mechanical Engineering, Pusan National University)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.15, no.7, 2014 , pp. 4634-4643 More about this Journal
Abstract
The objective of this study was to analyze the effects of LED safety block using the government database. To evaluate these effects, the night accident data was obtained from 2007 to 2011 from the database. At the LED-installed area, compared to the uninstalled area, the number of night traffic accidents, injured and mortality had decreased by 26.2%, 21.2% and 38.3%, respectively. The LED-installed intersections are safer than the LED-uninstalled roads from a traffic accidents perspective. In conclusion, a LED safety block is quite effective in decreasing the number of traffic accidents. Although this study was conducted using the data from Changwon city, where LED safety blocks have been installed so far, these results can provide valuable data to other cities considering the implementation of these LED safety blocks.
Keywords
Crosswalk; LED block; Night accident; Safety induction block;
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