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Analysis of Traffic Safety Facilities in Pedestrian Protection Area: Focusing on Variable Speed Limit Signs and Beacons

보행자 보호구역의 교통안전시설물 효과분석: 가변형속도제한표지와 비콘 중심으로

  • 김중효 (도로교통공단 교통과학연구원) ;
  • 하동익 (서울대학교 건설환경종합연구소) ;
  • 박민철 (브이엔지니어링 교통부) ;
  • 송원철 (케이제이아이디씨(주)) ;
  • 하태준 (전남대학교 토목공학과)
  • Received : 2017.08.16
  • Accepted : 2017.09.15
  • Published : 2017.10.31

Abstract

Since the mid 1990s, policies have been actively promoted to improve safety and pedestrian environment around the school such as the improvement of School zone. However, the prevention of accidents was not effective because it did not extend to the school road where the main transportation route for children's commuting takes place. In addition, due to the rapid increase of automobiles, trunk road traffic in the peak time bypasses the back roads, which threatens children's safety and the environment by invading the school area, which is the main living space of children. In this study, the characteristics of domestic children's traffic accidents were investigated and the problems were analyzed by conducting a field survey on Yeouido Secondary School in Seoul and Unjung Elementary School in Gyeonggi Province. In addition, Variable speed limit signs and Beacons were installed in the pedestrian road of comunity including School zone, and the effects of facilities on the speed of vehicles were analyzed. As a result of the analysis, the Variable speed limit sign showed a deceleration effect of about 8.3km/h, and the Beacon showed a phenomenon in which the traveling speed of 0.8km/h increased only slightly. In addition, the traffic violation rate of passenger cars, buses, and lorries decreased by about 3% as a result of investigating the number of traffic violation vehicles before and after installation.

1990년대 중반 이후 어린이보호구역 개선사업 등 학교 주변 안전과 보행환경 개선을 위한 정책이 적극적으로 추진되어 왔으나, 어린이 통학 시의 주요 이동경로가 이루어지는 통학로까지는 확대되지 못해 사고예방 효과가 크지 않았다. 또한 자동차 급증으로 첨두시간대의 간선도로 교통이 이면도로로 우회함에 따라 어린이들의 주요 생활공간인 학교 권역까지 침범하는 등 어린이 안전과 환경을 위협하고 있다. 이에 본 연구는 국내 어린이 교통사고 특성을 파악하고 서울시 여의도 중고등학교 및 경기도 운중초등학교를 중심으로 현장조사를 수행하여 문제점을 분석하였다. 또한 보행자 보호구역(어린이보호구역 포함)에 가변형속도제한표지 및 비콘을 설치하여 해당시설이 차량의 통행속도에 미치는 영향을 분석하였다. 분석결과 가변형속도제한표지는 약 8.3km/h의 통행속도 감속효과가 나타났으며 비콘의 경우 미미하나마 오히려 0.8km/h의 통행속도가 증가하는 현상이 도출되었다. 또한 설치전후의 신호위반 차량대수를 조사한 결과 승용차, 버스, 화물차의 신호위반율이 약 3% 감소하였다.

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