Abstract
Human characteristics of both drivers and pedestrians have been taken into consideration in analyzing pedestrian accidents. Safety behaviors of people involved in traffic accidents are affected by factors related to information processing such as the input, processing, and the output of external information. An age-related decline and developmental changes in information processing strategies have been assumed in the background to traffic behaviors resulting in accidents involving elderly pedestrians. It is suggested that the psychological background of the older people including their information processing characteristics should be considered when analyzing elderly pedestrians’ behaviors in future measures for preventing traffic accidents in older adults.
