many people have been caught by surprise when an electric-powered car has smoothly and silently crept up on them as they walked. but such an accident can pose a very serious risk to life and limb, and pedestrians might be twice as likely to be hit by an ...
Researchers at the Transport and Road Research Laboratory, believe that a new car design could significantly cut the number of pedestrians who are killed by cars at speeds of under 40 km/h. This car would have a polyurethane-padded bumper which would hit an adult pedestrian on the calf. The...
Cities have been slow to respond by making the improvements necessary to separate cars from pedestrians and cyclists, and the federal government has largely been absent, focused more on rolling back vehicle emissions standards than helping cities curb traffic fatalities. A bipartisan coalition in Congre...
Introduction Dying on the road as a pedestrian is a serious health threat in developing countries. Pedestrian fatalities constitute over 60% of all urban road user deaths in Ghana.J Damsere-DerryB E EbelC MockF AfukaarP DonkorInjury Prevention...
mile away, at Broadmoor/Ewing. The nearest marked crosswalk to the south is more than half a mile away, at Rock St (Rocketship charter school). Police report says victim was "outside of crosswalk" in far left of south-bound lanes. He was hit by three vehicles, only one of which ...
SUVs, pickups, vans and minivans are substantially more likely than cars to hit pedestrians when making turns, suggesting that these larger vehicles may not afford drivers as clear a view of people crossing the road, a new study from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety shows ...
Pedestrians were found to be at a lower risk of being hit by a car at intersections with higher pedestrian traffic, and individual cars were found to be at a lower risk of Acknowledgements We thank the University of Minnesota Center for Transportation Studies, and Roadway Safety Institute, for...
as he crossed the eight-lane State Road 436 with the light, he was hit by a driver who didn’t notice the signals and later told officers at the scene that “I simply did not see him.” He was killed on impact. A monument now sits at the crosswalk he used, a single bicycle wheel...
Methods Using national mortality statistics, we identified fatalities in England 2007–2012 among: pedestrians who were walking for travel (whether they were hit by a vehicle or fell); cyclists who were travelling; and drivers of cars or vans. We examined 'secondary causes' of death for those ...
Pedestrians were hit while crossing the road in 35.6% of cases. Other locations included collisions at pavements (4.8%), traffic lights (4.8%), zebra crossings (2.9%), car parks (1.9%), and bus stops (1%). Cars were the most frequently involved vehicles (62.5%); 4.8% of victims were...