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Press Release
New EuroTest "Pedestrian Crossing Assessment Programme" reveals that across 17 major European cities, one in eight of the 215 pedestrian crossings tested scored a rating of "poor". At a time when one in four pedestrian fatalities occur on pedestrian crossings remedial action is urgently required to upgrade pedestrian crossing infrastructure, equipment and performance. Moreover rules governing users and driver behaviour at crossings needs to be brought in to line everywhere.
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Results: 17 major European cities put to the test
Across Europe pedestrian crossings differ significantly. European citizens should be ready to encounter a wide diversity of design solutions for such crossings when travelling abroad. This is the principle result to come out of the EuroTest "pedestrian crossing assessment programme". For the first time ever, ACI (Automobile Club d'Italia) and its partner clubs tested pedestrian crossings within the scope of EuroTest, the international test programme involving 18 European automobile clubs from 17 countries. In Zurich, for instance, yellow is used for the markings on zebra crossings. In Berlin and Munich, none of the crossings tested used the zebra striped road markings. The diverse solutions offered by pedestrian traffic lights also is another critical finding revealed by this test. (continue here)
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Methodology: How we tested
For the first time ever, ACI (Automobile Club d'Italia) and its partner clubs (all members of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile - FIA) tested pedestrian crossings within the scope of EuroTest, the international test programme involving 18 automobile clubs. The high number of pedestrians killed in road accidents in Europe pushed ACI and its partners to start an assessment programme focussed on pedestrian crossings. As in previous EuroTest surveys, a methodology was developed aimed at assessing the safety levels of individual pedestrian crossings supported by an awareness campaign targeting pedestrians and drivers. The evaluation and comparison of crossings systems in Europe provide the first-ever opportunity to identify shortcomings and possibilities for improvement, as well as model solutions. (continue here)
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Cities Dossiers (continue here)
Recommendations: What makes pedestrian crossings safer (continue here)
Leaflet: "Walk Safe" (continue here)
Signalised pedestrian crossings: are they really the safest?
Pedestrian crossings equipped with traffic lights for pedestrians (signalised) usually are supposed to be safer than those that are non-signalised. Indeed, this is true only when the different phases indicated by the different coloured lights are fine-tuned such that on one side the largest possible number of people can cross safely while on the other, vehicles have to wait for as little as possible. (continue here)
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Pedestrian safety observatory
For a second year running ACI and its EuroTest partners analysed the statistical data concerning the pedestrian fatalities that occurred in the countries participating in this EuroTest initiative. (continue here)
Road traffic in Belgium: Three pedestrians out of four cross the road on a red light
In the event of a collision with a road user in a vehicle, it's always the pedestrian who pays the price. It doesn't show up in the statistics, but carelessness is an important factor. (continue here)
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