On the Quality of Street Lighting in Pedestrian Crossings

Malgorzata Zalesinska and Krzysztof Wandachowicz
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Malgorzata Zalesinska: Division of Metrology, Electronics and Lighting Engineering, Poznan University of Technology, 60-965 Poznan, Poland
Krzysztof Wandachowicz: Division of Metrology, Electronics and Lighting Engineering, Poznan University of Technology, 60-965 Poznan, Poland

Energies, 2021, vol. 14, issue 21, 1-23

Abstract: The pedestrian is the least protected road user. A large number of accidents involving pedestrians occur at pedestrian crossings. Bad lighting or a complete lack of it is one of the causes of accidents in these places. Currently, there are no uniform requirements in Europe for the lighting of pedestrian crossings. Each country is trying to create its system of requirements and assessment of lighting of pedestrian crossings. Measurement procedures and required lighting parameter values often vary significantly across countries. This paper discusses the results of measurements carried out at selected pedestrian crossings using two different measurement grids. The lighting quality at the tested crossings has been assessed based on the lighting requirements in force in two EU countries. In addition, we present the results for the illuminance contrast of a measurement board, representing the silhouette of a pedestrian on a crossing, with the background. Based on the determined contrast, we attempted to verify the lighting conditions using an evaluation system described in the literature, which employs fuzzy logic algorithms.

Keywords: pedestrian crossings lighting; pedestrian visibility; pedestrian safety; luminance contras; street lighting (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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