Table 1.

Frequencies, rates and correlation of pedestrian distraction and risky behaviours at observed pedestrian MVC (PMVC) sites, Cluj County, Romania

Characteristics	n	Rate*
Total pedestrians observed	1711	–
Pedestrian distraction	107	6.3
Distracted by
Child	2	0.1
Other pedestrian	6	0.4
Electronic—hand to head	79	4.6
Electronic—headphones	1	0.1
Electronic—manipulating device	18	1.1
Reading	1	0.1
Pedestrian risky behaviours	416	24.3
Unpredictable, partial use of crosswalk†	210	15.2
Illegal crossing—against red light, given red‡	3	0.5
Illegal crossing—no crosswalk, midblock or did not use available crosswalk	203	11.9
Correlations at PMVC sites	Pearson’s r	p Value
Pedestrian distraction and risky behaviours	0.82	<0.01
Pedestrian distraction and average motor vehicle speed	−0.19	0.06
Pedestrian risky behaviours and average motor vehicle speed	−0.27	0.01
Pedestrian distraction and motor vehicle volume	0.16	0.10
Pedestrian risky behaviours and motor vehicle volume	0.01	0.90

Significant of bold values p<0.05.

^*Rate per 100 observed pedestrians.

^†Partial use of crosswalk=veers outside of crosswalk at start and/or end of crossing; denominator only includes sites with crosswalks.

^‡Denominator includes only pedestrians at sites with traffic lights.