• The Journal of The Korea Institute of Intelligent Transport Systems
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• v.21 no.4
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• pp.1-17
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• 2022

As pedestrian deaths account for a high proportion of traffic accident deaths in Korea, interest in pedestrian safety is growing. In particular, it is necessary to develop various pedestrian-centered traffic signal operation techniques to improve the pedestrian environment at signal intersections. Therefore, in this study, a method for time-of-day operating a pedestrian signal based on residual pedestrians was studied. To this end, the pedestrian signal operation technique in response to the pedestrian demand, which is operated by extending the pedestrian signal time only during the time when the pedestrian demand and the number of remaining pedestrians increase, was applied to the field. The difference in safety according to the application of the new pedestrian signal operation technique was statistically analyzed. As a result of the analysis, the residual pedestrian rate decreased by 20% (3.3 people) before application and 8% (1.4 people) after application, and the residual pedestrian rate in the crosswalk at the time of red signal decreased by 12% (1.9 people), And it was analyzed that the position of the residual pedestrian decreased by 3.3m from 5.2m before application to 1.9m after application.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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• 2023.01a
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• pp.23-24
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• 2023

본 논문에서는 신호등이 설치되지 않은 위험 구역에 대해 신호등을 설치하는 것이 아닌 객체 인식 기반의 반응형 교통 시스템을 설계하여 보행자나 운전자 모두에게 사고의 위험을 줄이는 시스템을 구현한다. 특정 구역에 보행자가 길을 건너기 위해 존재한다면 운전자에게 보행자가 있음을 직관적으로 보여주며, 보행자가 길을 건너고 있으면 운전자에게 보행자가 건너고 있다는 것을 나타내어 기존의 경직적인 신호 체계가 아닌 유동적으로 보행자와 운전자 간의 안전한 환경을 만드는 것을 목표로 구현했다. 데이터는 CGMU dataset과 MIO-TCD dataset에서 사람과 차량의 이미지를 추가로 수집한 이후 학습에 사용하였으며, 객체 인식은 YOLOv5를 기반으로 사용하였으며 이때 성능은 mAP 0.753을 보여주었다.

• Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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• v.28 no.2
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• pp.123-133
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• 2010

The national standards for the installation of pedestrian crosswalks prohibits installation of crosswalks within 200 meters of nearby overpasses, underpasses, or crosswalks. In case the exceptional installation is required, the feasibility study is to be thoroughly conducted by the local police agency. However, it is an undeniable fact that the specific installation standards for optimal types and locations of crosswalks are not yet to be established. This paper examines the development of traffic accident prediction model applicable to different types and locations of bus stops(type A and type B) at mid-block intersections. Furthermore, it develops the poisson regression model which sets the "number of traffic accidents" and "traffic accident severity" as dependent variables, while using "traffic volumes", "pedestrian traffic volumes" and "the distance between crosswalks and bus stops" as independent variables. According to the traffic accident prediction model applicable to the type A bus stop location, the traffic accident severity increases relative to the number of traffic volumes, the number of pedestrian traffic volumes, and the distance between crosswalks and bus stops. In case of the type B bus stop model, the further the bus stop is from crosswalks, the number of traffic accidents decreases while it increases when traffic volumes and pedestrian traffic volumes increase. Therefore, it is reasonable to state that the bus stop design which minimizes the traffic accidents is the type C design, which is the one in combination of type A and type B, and the optimal distance is found to be 65 meters. In case of the type A design and the type B design, the optimal distances are found to be within range 60~70meters.

• Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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• v.27 no.1
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• pp.107-114
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• 2009

Human walking is essential and important mean of transportation. Pedestrian safety is recently important because accidents often happen while walking. This research is showing that Walking-environmental factors have effect on safety while walking. At first, exact 15 factors and conduct survey in the preceding research. After that, exact 4 important factors through factor analysis. At result of Multiple regression analysis, null hypothesis has proved to be true by satisfying therms which is F-value 9.211 and P-value 0.000. and come to the conclusion that walking-environmental factors influence pedestrian safety. 4 important factors can be listed by below. Pedestrian-road characteristic, landscape characteristic, commercial characteristic, walking characteristics by following influence. Especially, landscape characteristic and pedestrian-road characteristic can be vital factors.

• The Journal of The Korea Institute of Intelligent Transport Systems
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• v.21 no.4
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• pp.30-38
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• 2022

As of 2020, 1,564 roundabouts have been installed and operated to prevent major traffic accidents and promote safe and smooth passage over the past 10 years. According to the Korea Transportation Research Institute, the number of accidents decreased by an average of 43.8% per year, fatal accidents by 50%, and serious injuries by 48.1%, confirming the safety effect. However, most intersections with high pedestrian traffic, such as children's protection areas near elementary schools, operate signal intersections. Therefore, in this study, a simulation was performed through the VISSM program to conduct a study on the pedestrian-centered roundabout installation method. This study was conducted to ensure that pedestrians can have the right of way safely by installing and operating traffic lights at crosswalks on roundabouts located in urban areas or child protection zones.

• Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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• v.20 no.2
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• pp.81-92
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• 2002

An automobile crash with a pedestrian generates a trajectory which is crucial to identify the cause of the crash. Previous researches have been carried out for pedestrian movement using simple explicit formulae. The formulae are derived from elementary physics. Therefore, they could not sufficiently include variables of a vehicle and a pedestrian. To overcome such a limitation, a simulation is utilized for the pedestrian behavior in crash environment. A dynamic software called MADYMO is utilized for the simulation. A simulation model is established. The automobile body and a dummy are modeled with rigid bodies, joints and springs. The simulation results are compared with those from explicit formulae. It is found that the explicit formulae did not fit to pedestrian conditions. Simulations are performed for various velocities of automobiles. Results are discussed for the usage of the simulation.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.30 no.2D
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• pp.119-125
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• 2010

Transportation system improved with rapid economic growth has helped human being a lot. However, the system has been also created social problems. The fast increasing auto ownership has not only increased transportation accidents but decreased air quality rapidly. One of the serious problems in transportation is that transportation policies have disregarded human factor, especially pedestrian environment. This research has developed microscopic pedestrian simulation with Netlogo. Netlogo is a very useful program for simulating complex systems such as pedestrian movements. The simulated pedestrian movements has been compared with actual surveyed pedestrian movements on a sidewalk. The comparison has been showed that the simulation program can be used for analyzing various pedestrian environments. Also, the impacts of bollard on the sidewalks have been analyed with the simulation program.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.1524-1532
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• 2015

This study analyzed traffic accident characteristics in Chungcheong Region through the factor analysis, cluster analysis and questionnaire survey using traffic accident analysis data for Chungcheong Region in order to improve Korea's traffic safety level. Based on the analysis results, this study suggests traffic safety technologies suitable for the situation of Chungcheong Region. According to the results of the questionnaire survey carried out for transporters in Chungcheong Region, 'the passage of pedestrians and aged people' and 'a problem of lacking visibility' were the biggest threatening factors of major traffic accidents in Chungcheong Region. The facilities required the most were 'lighting equipment in driving at night', and the expected effect by the equipment installation was high. As a result of the factor analysis and cluster analysis using the traffic accident analysis data, traffic accident risk by city type in Chungcheong Region was higher in rural areas, compared to urban areas. Especially, this study confirmed the risks of pedestrian and agricultural machine traffic accidents were high. Therefore, this study suggests three technologies to improve traffic safety level in Chungcheong Region, based on the analysis results.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2014.11a
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• pp.1096-1099
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• 2014

스마트폰의 보급률에 맞물려 스마트폰 사용으로 인한 보행자 교통사고가 증가함에 따라 전세계적으로 이에 관한 연구 또한 꾸준히 증가 추세임에도 불구하고 인구대비 스마트폰 보급률이 세계 최고인 국내에서는 이에 대한 연구가 아직 미흡한 실정이다. 본 연구에서는 보행 중 교통사고 중에서 큰 비중을 차지하고 있는 젊은층의 산만 보행에 관해 알아보고자 하였다. 본 연구는 정신과학 분야의 주의 네트워크 연구를 바탕으로 보행자의 안전도 향상은 물론, 스마트폰 이용자의 사용성을 고려한 depth-based alarming 서비스를 제안한다.-본 연구는 스마트폰 애플리케이션을 제작하여 국내 20대 스마트폰 이용자를 대상으로 피험자내 설계로 진행되었고, 보행자의 안전도에 관련한 무선조종 자동차에 대한 반응속도와 충돌여부를 측정하였고, 또한 앱 사용성에 관련한 방해도 및 만족도를 설문을 통해 측정하였다. 본 연구는 위험 상황을 알리는 alarm 을 제공하기 전에 미리 pre-alarm 을 제공하는 depth-based alarming 을 디자인 하였다. 본 연구는 실험을 통해 pre-alarm 제공시 alarm 에 대한 보행자의 반응 속도가 1.446 초 향상됨을 통계적 유의성을 통해 입증함으로써 pre-alarm 을 제공하는 depth-based alarming 서비스의 필요성을 제시한다.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.39 no.4
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• pp.505-512
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• 2019

This study is a basic study to prepare safety measures for the tram that is being introduced into Korea by reviewing accident analysis and accident compensation system of the tram. Analysis of accident characteristics of the tram was analyzed based on overseas data. Five years after the inauguration of the tram, accidents were halved and stabilized. Deaths accounted for 0.5 % of all casualties, most accidents were minor. Accidents with other mean transportation were high 84.1 %, among them accidents with passenger cars was found to be highest. The frequent points of accidents were analyzed as intersections and tram stop, and measures for pedestrian accidents were found to be important. Those are proposed safety measures through analyzing tram accident characteristics: Monitoring accidents which occur within five years of its inauguration, developing accident database input system, installation of fences for preventing people from jaywalking, operating traffic signal for preventing people from jaywalking through connection of pedestrian signals and tram signals, clamping down on illegal U-turn cars and jaywalking pedestrian, Also, those are proposed accident treatment measures based on general driver receptively and overseas data: property damage liability coverage (PI) of car insurance, comparative negligence when the accident occurs between car and tram.