IIHS study finds simple centerline hardening can make left turns safer for pedestrians
Green Car Congress
APRIL 10, 2020
the infrastructure changes reduced the number of times drivers had to swerve or brake suddenly or pedestrians had to dodge out of the way by 70%, said IIHS Senior Research Transportation Engineer Wen Hu, the author of the paper. Pedestrian fatalities rose 53% from 2009 to 2018 and now account for 17% of traffic deaths nationwide.
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