Study on cyclist behaviour of elderly people to reduce serious traffic incident

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23300244
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Applied health science
• Research Institution: Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
• Principal Investigator: UETAKE Teruo 東京農工大学, (連合)農学研究科(研究院), 教授 (10168619)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): TANAKA Yukio 東京農工大学, 大学院工学研究院, 教授 (60179794) ; TANAKA Hideyuki 東京農工大学, 大学院工学研究院, 准教授 (70231412) ; SHIMODA Masahiro 東京農工大学, 大学院農学研究院, 准教授 (80302909)
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 高齢者 / 交差点 / アイカメラ / 自転車事故

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Eleven elderly people and 23 young people equipped with an eye camera participated in the study. From the camera images, the objects viewed by the cyclists were analyzed. A main road and a community road were used in the experiment. The objects viewed by the cyclists were categorized into nine items that would be indirectly related to the cause of bicycle traffic accidents: gates and porches, parking lots, signals, alleys, other bicycles on the road, pedestrians, signs and painted symbols on the road, schoolyards and houses, and other items.
The results of the study indicated that many elderly cyclists always confirmed their safety at alley intersections along both main and community roads, whereas many young people were not so dutiful. The results for unsafe gazing behavior such as looking at a schoolyard or house while cycling were the same for the two groups in that most individuals did not look away from the road while cycling along the main and community roads.

Free Research Field

健康教育学