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
  London W1P 3PE,   England 
• Authors:
  • PASANEN, E
  • SALMIVAARA, H
• Publication Date: 1993-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 308-10
• 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