DRIVING SPEEDS AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY IN THE CITY OF HELSINKI
This article deals with urban traffic speeds and pedestrian safety. According to a mathematical model, pedestrian safety depends to an alarming degree on vehicular speed: a speed of 50 km/h increases the risk of death almost eight-fold compared to a speed of 30 km/h. Video-taped records of real-life accidents are introduced as a new source of information. They show that the so-called 'free vehicles' and their speed determine the safety of pedestrians. Finally, the new 40 km/h speed limits in Helsinki's inner city are described and some initial observations concerning their effects on driving speeds are made. (A)
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Corporate Authors:
Printerhall Limited
29 Newmart Street
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Authors:
- PASANEN, E
- SALMIVAARA, H
- Publication Date: 1993-6
Language
- English
Media Info
- Features: References;
- Pagination: p. 308-10
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Serial:
- Traffic Engineering & Control
- Volume: 34
- Issue Number: 6
- Publisher: Hemming Group, Limited
- ISSN: 0041-0683
- Serial URL: http://www.tecmagazine.com/
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Fatalities; Pedestrians; Speed; Speed limits; Urban areas
- Geographic Terms: Finland
- Subject Areas: Law; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors; Society;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00639521
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
- Files: ITRD, ATRI
- Created Date: Dec 13 1993 12:00AM