Table 1.
Pedestrian characteristics, distractions and safe behaviors, detailed observations.
| ODU (n=625) | UAB (n=395) | Combined (N=1020) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | N | % | |
| Age Group | ||||||
| Child or Teen | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | .1 |
| Young Adult | 568 | 89.6 | 328 | 87.0 | 896 | 89.2 |
| Adult | 53 | 8.4 | 42 | 11.1 | 95 | 9.5 |
| Older Adult | 9 | 1.4 | 4 | 1.1 | 13 | 1.3 |
| Gender | ||||||
| Female | 327 | 52.7 | 179 | 47.1 | 506 | 50.6 |
| Distraction (Any Distraction) | 271 | 43.6 | 142 | 37.3 | 413 | 41.2 |
| Talking on Phone | 25 | 4.0 | 22 | 5.8 | 47 | 4.7 |
| Texting | 42 | 6.8 | 33 | 8.7 | 75 | 7.5 |
| Headphones | 128 | 20.6 | 62 | 16.3 | 190 | 19.0 |
| Eating/Drinking | 21 | 3.4 | 5 | 1.3 | 26 | 2.6 |
| Other | 5 | 0.8 | 6 | 1.6 | 11 | 1.1 |
| No Distraction | 350 | 56.4 | 239 | 62.7 | 589 | 58.8 |
| Multiple Distractions | 50 | 8.1 | 14 | 3.7 | 64 | 6.4 |
| Safe Behaviors | ||||||
| Crosses With Walk Sign | 324 | 52.1 | 320 | 83.8 | 644 | 64.1 |
| Looks Left Before Entering | 411 | 67.8 | 139 | 38.6 | 550 | 56.9 |
| Enters in Crosswalk | 284 | 46.5 | 270 | 72.8 | 554 | 56.4 |
| Looks Right at Median | 344 | 56.7 | 140 | 36.8 | 484 | 49.0 |
| Exits in Crosswalk | 357 | 58.0 | 210 | 55.0 | 567 | 56.8 |
Note: Group sums do not equal total n due to occasional missing data. Percentages reflect proportion of non-missing observations within variables.