Walking the line: Understanding pedestrian behaviour and risk at rail level crossings with cognitive work analysis

Gemma J M Read; Paul M Salmon; Michael G Lenne; Neville A Stanton

doi:10.1016/j.apergo.2015.10.004

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Walking the line: Understanding pedestrian behaviour and risk at rail level crossings with cognitive work analysis

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Walking the line: Understanding pedestrian behaviour and risk at rail level crossings with cognitive work analysis

Gemma J M Read, Paul M Salmon, Michael G Lenne and Neville A Stanton

Applied Ergonomics, Vol.53(Part A), pp.209-227

2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apergo.2015.10.004

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Abstract

rail level crossings

pedestrians

cognitive work analysis

constraints

systems approach

risk

Pedestrian fatalities at rail level crossings (RLXs) are a public safety concern for governments worldwide. There is little literature examining pedestrian behaviour at RLXs and no previous studies have adopted a formative approach to understanding behaviour in this context. In this article, cognitive work analysis is applied to understand the constraints that shape pedestrian behaviour at RLXs in Melbourne, Australia. The five phases of cognitive work analysis were developed using data gathered via document analysis, behavioural observation, walk-throughs and critical decision method interviews. The analysis demonstrates the complex nature of pedestrian decision making at RLXs and the findings are synthesised to provide a model illustrating the influences on pedestrian decision making in this context (i.e. time, effort and social pressures). Further, the CWA outputs are used to inform an analysis of the risks to safety associated with pedestrian behaviour at RLXs and the identification of potential interventions to reduce risk.

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Title: Walking the line: Understanding pedestrian behaviour and risk at rail level crossings with cognitive work analysis
Authors: Gemma J M Read (Author) - Monash University
Paul M Salmon (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts, Business and Law
Michael G Lenne (Author) - Monash University
Neville A Stanton (Author) - University of Southampton, United Kingdom
Publication details: Applied Ergonomics, Vol.53(Part A), pp.209-227
Publisher: Pergamon
Date published: 2016
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2015.10.004
ISSN: 0003-6870
Grants: A new complex systems approach to road trauma: Applying systems thinking to the fatal five, FT140100681, Australian Research Council (Australia, Canberra) - ARC
Application of contemporary systems-based methods to reduce trauma at rail level crossings, LP100200387, Australian Research Council (Australia, Canberra) - ARC
Organisation Unit: Centre for Human Factors and Systems Science; School of Health - Psychology; School of Law and Society
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99449368702621
Output Type: Journal article

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