Objective: Pedestrian injuries are a major cause of morbidity and mortality to children, especially boys. Adults serve as pedestrian role models and provide learning opportunities for children when walking to school. The research objectives were to investigate adult pedestrian behavior when accompanying boys and girls. ududMethods: Behavioral observation of 140 adult pedestrians accompanying 4- to 9-year-old children was done in British residential locations. Observations took place at light-controlled crossings, speed-restricted school safety zones, and mid-block unmarked crossing sites. Behaviors observed included stopping at the curb, waiting at the curb, looking left and right before and during road crossing, holding hands, talking, and walking straight across. ududResults: In general, adults modeled safe road crossing behaviors. Adult safe behavior scores were higher when accompanying girls than when accompanying boys. No statistically significant differences were found by child age group. The fewest safe pedestrian behaviors were observed at light-controlled crossings. ududConclusions: Adult pedestrians behave differently when with boys and girls and at different types of road crossing site. Interventions aimed at reducing pedestrian injuries to children may need to take these different everyday experiences into consideration.
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机译：目的：行人受伤是儿童（尤其是男孩）发病和死亡的主要原因。成人充当行人的榜样，并为步行上学的孩子提供学习机会。研究目的是调查男孩和女孩陪伴下成人行人的行为。方法：在英国居住地点对140名成年行人伴随4至9岁儿童的行为进行了观察。观察是在光控交叉口，限速学校安全区和中段未标记的交叉口进行的。观察到的行为包括在路边停下来，在路边等着，在过马路之前和期间向左看，手牵着手，说话和直走。 ud ud结果：一般来说，成人会模拟安全的过路行为。陪伴女孩时的成人安全行为得分高于陪伴男孩时。未按儿童年龄组发现统计学上的显着差异。在光控交叉口处观察到最少的行人安全行为。 ud ud结论：成年行人在有男孩和女孩时以及在不同类型的过路点时的行为有所不同。旨在减少行人对儿童的伤害的干预措施可能需要考虑这些不同的日常经历。
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