Review of safety and mobility issues among older pedestrians
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Although old people make up an extremely vulnerable road-user group, older pedestrians' difficultieshave been studied less extensively than those of older drivers, and more knowledge of this issue isstill required. The present paper reviews current knowledge of older-adult problems with the maincomponents of pedestrian activity, i.e., walking and obstacle negotiation, wayfinding, and road cross-ing. Compared to younger ones, old pedestrians exhibit declining walking skills, with a walking speeddecrease, less stable balance, less efficient wayfinding strategies, and a greater number of unsafe roadcrossing behaviors. These difficulties are linked to age-related changes in sensorial, cognitive, physi-cal, and self-perception abilities. It is now known that visual impairment, physical frailty, and attentiondeficits have a major negative impact on older pedestrians' safety and mobility, whereas the roles ofself-evaluation and self-regulation are still poorly understood. All these elements must be taken into con-sideration, not only in developing effective safety interventions targeting older pedestrians, but also indesigning roads and cars. Recent initiatives are presented here and some recommendations are proposed.
L'article présente une synthèse des connaissances actuelles sur la mobilité et sécurité des piétons âgés.
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