Abstract
In recent years, although the number of traffic accident fatalities in Japan has been
decreasing, the ratio of accidents while walking is higher than that of riding in a car. Looking
at the number of pedestrian fatalities by law violation, there are many fatalities that occur when
pedestrians rush-out from the front or rear of a vehicle, especially accidents where the
pedestrian uses the vehicle as a shield. Therefore, in this study, we first summarized the
literature on the safety evaluation of pedestrian rush-out scenarios from blind-spot areas. In
previous literature, the safety evaluation of general drivers using the evaluation index for
driving speed is not necessarily sufficient. Therefore, we conducted a driving experiment in a
blind spot scene for general drivers using the “JARI-ARV”, and clarified the current safety of
driver behavior based on the safety evaluation at driving speed.
