Acta Universitatis Danubius. Administratio, Vol 11, No 1 (2019)

Abstract

In Romania, the number of pedestrian fatalities, in 2007, was 1.113 and and the number dropped considerably, in 2016 being 717, according to Traffic Safety Basic Facts 2018. As a comparison, in the European Union, 5320 pedestrians were killed in road accidents, which is 21% of all road fatalities. During the decade 2007-2016, in the European Union, pedestrian fatalities were reduced by 36%, while the total number of fatalities was reduced by almost 41%. The most vulnerable age categories are 0-14 years old and 64+, and the most common causes of road accidents involving pedestrians are: (1) faulty diagnosis - Information failure (between driver and traffic environment or driver and vehicle), (2) observation missed - inadequate plan, (3) observation missed - distraction, (4) observation missed - temporary obstruction to view, (5) Inadequate plan - Psychological stress, (6) Inadequate plan - Insufficient knowledge. Between May 27 and June 11, 2019, a pedestrian trafficking survey questionnaire was applied on a sample of 795 pupils of grades 4 to 8 from 7 elementary schools in Medgidia town of Constanta County, Romania (European Union). The questionnaire contains a set of 15 questions with 3 variants of answer. The objectives of the study were: analyzing pupils' knowledge of road signs and about preventive attitudes in traffic as pedestrians.