PEDESTRIAN SAFETY Ashish Samdariya Achuth Vasudevan 1
Jan 19, 2015
PEDESTRIAN SAFETYAshish SamdariyaAchuth Vasudevan
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FOCUS ON.
• Problem & Impact
•Mitigation
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WHY PEDESTRIAN SAFETY?
Urban sprawl has often left pedestrians stranded. Wide roads have been built without sidewalks or frequent
crosswalks, and high-speed traffic makes these roadways particularly deadly. In many areas, intersections with
crosswalks may be as much as a kilometer apart, leaving pedestrians with no safe way to cross the street.
2012 data on global safety of pedestrians
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DEATHS PER BILLION KILOMETERS
0
38
75
113
150
Air Bus Rail Car Bicycle Motor-bike Walk
54.2
108.9
44.6
3.10.60.40.1
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0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
Driver Cyclist Pedestrian MotorCycle Road Condition Weather Others
14%
1%1%2%3%1%
78%Who’s Failure lead to an Accident
%age
0
20
40
60
80
Truck Bus Car Taxi Motorcycle Bicycle Pedestrian
Traffic Fatalities by Road User
Mumbai Delhi
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5000 pedestrians are killed
84000 pedestrians are injured
Every Year
Pedestrian accidents make up
11% Of all motor
vehicle accidents
180000 Pedestrians were killed
in motor vehicle accidents Between 1975 and 2005
60% Of accidents occurred in
Place where no crosswalks
88% of accidents occurred in
normal weather condition 64% of accidents occurred
at night 6
Pedestrian crashes typically occur during the late afternoon and early evening hours
presumably because of the reduced levels ofvisibility at a time when many people are on the road.
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Inefficient Driver
Defective Vehicle
Bad Environment
Poor Operating Policies
Lack of Education
Inadequate Enforcement
Physical Roadway
Good engineering
can reduce the effects of ...
Crash: Causes & PreventionPrevention
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CURRENT CONDITION
ON ROAD PARKING
30-40% of city roads are occupied with parking at any point of time
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CURRENT CONDITION
road width
Walkway widthRoad width = ??
street lighting, trees etc. are missing10
CURRENT CONDITION
In-appropriate design of road cross sections- designed for nobody11
CURRENT CONDITION
No designs at junctions- resulting in traffic bottlenecks and safety compromises
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“equitable space allocation
for all road users with a focus on people rather than vehicles.”
The National Urban Transport Policy, India
Photographs are from Tier-1/II cities in India, taken during 2009-2013
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BANGALORE• Rush Hour (on a10m wide road)
• Bike (1 PAX)
• Car (1 PAX)
• Bus (70 PAX)
• 1 KM of this road (No Buses)
• Approx. 300 cars & Bikes
• This reduces to only few buses if public transit to be used
• But public transit itself is in poor condition
Congestion??
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0
3750
7500
11250
15000
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 (mid)
3052
47675297
56676138
69087469
66816782
8226
9662
487735727816737864957880796875843
Fatal Non-Fatal
ACCIDENTS (BANGALORE)
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MITIGATION
If we can develop and design streets so that they are wonderful, fulfilling places to be – community-building places,
attractive for all people
Then we will have successfully designed about one-third of the city directly and will have had an immense impact on the rest
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MITIGATION PLAN
• Bicycles lanes, Pedestrian walkways & Public Transit can:
• Reduce the amount traffic and congestion on the road
• Reduce the amount of air pollution
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MITIGATION PLAN
• Safe infrastructure (walkways, over/under-pass etc)
• Behavioral Issues (Traffic signs, Fines, Education, Culture)
• Safety engineering (Optimum speed, designs etc.)
PEDESTRIAN SAFETY
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MITIGATION RESULTS
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• Pollen, dirt and debris can increase glare and reduce visibility
• Keeping windshield clean, so that pedestrians are more visible
•Defensive driving "scan and search" to include pedestrians along the road and on the sidewalks
•Older pedestrians walk slower, which makes them more difficult for the eye to pick up. They also need more time to cross the street.
MITIGATION PLANSAFE DRIVING
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For bike and pedestrian accident prevention,Give the road your full attention.
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