Pedestrian Safety at Midblock Crossings on Dual Carriageway Roads in Polish Cities

Road crossings across two or more lanes in one direction are particularly dangerous due to limited sight distance and high vehicle speeds. To improve their safety, road authorities should provide safety treatments. These may include additional measures reduce speed narrow the cross-section introduction of active pedestrian crossings. Equipped with flashing lights activated automatically when a is detected, painted red have an anti-skid surface on approaches. The article presents analysis user behaviour at dual carriageways varying provision some Polish cities. It also evaluates effectiveness over time. study was conducted before, immediately after year signage introduced. evaluation based how speeds changed before crossing, pedestrians behaved versus readiness cross street. number conflicts selected evaluated. treatments under were found be less effective than traditional such as cushions roads narrowed lane. This suggests that if used only temporary ultimately replaced traffic grade separated solution (a footbridge tunnel) exits from urban areas. No clear-cut conclusions about can drawn question. divided into following sections: review literature driver studies crossings, including midblock carriageways; description research method test sites, results, discussion results conclusion.