Improving the visibility and safety of pedestrians, roadworkers and cyclists

行人和骑自行车者的死亡每年给澳大利亚造成约20亿美元的损失，占道路使用者死亡或重伤的三分之一。驾驶者的视觉识别较晚是这些碰撞发生的主要原因。虽然可见度辅助工具已经被提倡，以提高行人和骑自行车的人的可见度，但它们收效甚微。我们将采用创新的驾驶测量技术，加深对行人和骑自行车者能见度的认识，以及不同能见度辅助装置的有效性，以提高对行人和骑自行车者的识别。我们将开发新的能见度辅助工具，最大限度地提高行人和骑自行车者的可见度，并开展基于证据的教育项目，以提高弱势道路使用者的安全。

Pedestrian and cyclist fatalities cost Australia ~$2 billion/year, accounting for a third of road users killed or seriously injured. Late visual recognition by motorists is the main reason these collisions occur. While visibility aids to improve pedestrian and cyclist conspicuity have been advocated, they have had limited success. We will use innovative driving measurement techniques to advance understanding of pedestrian and cyclist visibility and the effectiveness of different visibility aids for enhancing pedestrians and cyclist recognition. We will develop novel visibility aids to maximise pedestrian and cyclist conspicuity and evidence-based educational programs to improve the safety of vulnerable road users.