ARE PELICAN CROSSINGS SAFE?
This article describes three GLC studies designed to investigate the safety of pelican crossings. Some pelicans had been converted from zebras, others were sited where there was no previous crossing. Shows that accidents increased, unless the crossing had guard rails and the road had been treated with anti-skid surfacing. In particular accidents rose sharply at sites where vehicle-actuated pelican crossings were the first ever crossing facility. Concludes that in London safety performance of pelican crossings has so far been disappointing.(a) /TRRL/
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Corporate Authors:
Greater London Council
County Hall
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Authors:
- Lalani, N
- Publication Date: 1975-12
Language
- English
Media Info
- Features: Photos; References; Tables;
- Pagination: p. 5-10
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Serial:
- Greater London Intelligence Quarterly
- Issue Number: 33
- Publisher: Greater London Council
- ISSN: 0305-7747
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Before and after studies; Crash rates; Crosswalks; Evaluation and assessment; Guardrails; Highway safety; Oil spill cleanup; Pavement grooving; Pedestrian safety; Safety; Skid resistance; Traffic actuated controllers; Traffic signals; Urban areas; Zebra crossings
- Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
- Old TRIS Terms: Deslicking treatment; Pedestrian protection
- ITRD Terms: 1612: Accident rate; 9148: Before and after study; 9020: Evaluation (assessment); 3040: Non skid treatment; 1659: Pedestrian crossing; 1665: Safety; 565: Traffic signal; 8119: United Kingdom; 313: Urban area; 557: Vehicle actuated
- Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I85: Safety Devices used in Transport Infrastructure;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00142109
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
- ISBN: 7168 0814 5
- Report/Paper Numbers: Serial
- Files: ITRD, TRIS
- Created Date: Jun 17 1977 12:00AM