"clothing color had a significant influence on pedestrian accidents, and...dark clothing color increased the probability of accidents, especially at night." [although] "females in the older age group tended to wear darker clothing than younger females aged 30 or less."
"clothing had the greatest effect on increasing the probability of female pedestrian accidents"
"both pedestrian dark clothing and illumination, the crashes that occurred on an urban highway were 9 times more likely to be fatal" "driver's age and pedestrian's clothing had a considerable effect on the distance at which the drivers initially reacted to the presence of pedestrians."
"When pedestrians wore a biological motion reflective clothing, they were recognized more often than when they wore a reflective vest."
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