Signs and traffic signals for pedestrians
If we count the traffic signals that exist in our street, the number may surprise us, and abide by all the traffic guidelines in a city is not the strongest point of care that openly recognizes it against the road safety.
Car maker Smart claims it has found a way to make 81 percent of pedestrians obey the traffic signal. The trick: Make the "Does not cross" the crosswalk when it's red it's more fun than usual.
The company conducted the experiment ofsecurityvial in Lisbon obtaining very positive results. So there is a need, not so much of "Make all the traffic lights of the cities dance" but yes to propose different designs and other options of signage in urban spaces to capture the attention of passersby in the most controversial and dangerous parts of a city.
There are some curious facts about the road accidents and abuses that we should know in order to understand what is happening. So the Mutua Madrileña Foundation did a reference study, shelling out what are the trends in road accidents:
- If we see the deceased, one in five due to a traffic accident in Spain is due to a run over. However, run over is a type of accident that can be avoided more easily, both by drivers and pedestrians.
- About, every year about 10,000 people are run over, about 400 die, and more than 3,500 are seriously injured.
- Older people (One third of car crash victims are older than 60 years) are those who register the most serious injuries. In fact, more than 60% of those killed by being run over in Spain are over 60 years of age.
- The women suffer 6% more accidents than men.
- It is not very clear why, but autumn is the critical season of the year for abuses, with October being the month with the highest rates of abuses.
- Nine out of ten abuses occur in urban areas and the The main causes of accidents are the recklessness of pedestrians (30% of the accidents are caused by some reckless pedestrian behavior) and the driver's speeding in the city.
- The 70% of the accidents are registered while the pedestrian is crossing the road from side to side.
- The drivers who register the most accidents are those under 25 years of age.
- The aftermath: 25% of those injured by being run over who do not die in it suffer one or more fractures.
- 76% of fractures caused by a run over They are registered in the extremities, the most frequent being the leg or ankle.
- In the case of the elderly, the hip or thigh fracture also predominates.
- More than 40% of people over 60 years of age who suffer a car accident and do not die have serious injuries (fractures and / or neurological damage). They take an average of 12 months to heal and spend approximately 3 and a half months in hospital, while the latter figure in those under 60 is reduced by one month.
- Out of the injured by run over suffering neurological damage, in 75% of cases it is a moderate-severe head-brain trauma, in 18% peripheral nerve injuries and in 7% spinal cord injury.
So be careful when crossing a crosswalk!
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