Using obstacle detection to identify appropriate illuminances for lighting in residential roads

Author:

Fotios S1,Cheal C1

Affiliation:

1. School of Architecture, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK

Abstract

This paper uses data regarding detection of pavement obstacles to explore two approaches to establishing an appropriate illuminance for road lighting designed to meet the needs of pedestrians. A previous obstacle detection experiment was repeated using young observers under high pressure sodium (HPS) lighting. One approach was to identify whether there is a plateau-escarpment relationship between obstacle detection ability and illuminance – better detection with increasing light level until further increases bring little improvement: This suggested an appropriate illuminance of 5.7 lux. The second approach was to identify the size of an obstacle that a pedestrian should expect to be able to detect and the associated probability of detection: An obstacle of height 25 mm located 6 m ahead may require 1.8 lux to be detected with 95% probability.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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