抄録
A case study of the accidents of visually impaired persons' falling from a railway platform was conducted. In this study, 15 subjects were interviewed in 38 cases. This research revealed that (1) 89% of the cases we surveyed occurred while they were moving along a platform; (2) the walking distance before the fall was less than 20 meters in 70% of the studied cases; (3) 47% of the victims fell while using a white cane on a platform paved with textured blocks; (4) typical causes were inappropriately designed or laid blocks, and victims' overhabituation; (5) 58% were helped back to the platform after fall (not returning by themselves) and (6) 16% suffered broken bones or were wounded seriously.
