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Road Safety on Hot Days
Road safety takes a hit on really hot days. Research from around the world reveals that when temperatures climb above 30 degrees Celsius, the risk of accidents doesn’t just rise—it jumps sharply. Pedestrians face more than double the injury risk during extreme heat, cyclists see injuries increase by nearly 80%...
Cyclist Safety
On-road crashes involving cyclists are often caused by a driver failing to see the cyclist. Cyclists are generally inconspicuous, as they are small, outnumbered and not a safety threat to drivers.
Auckland City Centre Gateways – Crash Reduction
Posted speeds were lowered to 30-40km/h in the Auckland City Centre in 2020. Accordingly, gateway speed thresholds designed by TES were installed around the city centre. In 2025, reported Death and Serious Injury (DSI) crashes were analysed in the city centre, approximately 4.5 years ‘before’ and ‘after’ the…
Increase in Cycle Fatalities in Britain
The number of cyclists killed on British roads increased by 40% in 2020, official statistics show. In total, 140 cyclists were killed on the roads over the 12 months, up from 100 the year before, an increase the AA called “staggering”. Fatalities fell for all other road user types, ranging from a drop of 15% for people in cars...
Safe Systems in the USA
A new report from a consortium of experts reckons that applying ‘Safe System’ principles in the US could lead to dramatic reductions in vehicle related deaths and injuries. Studies of Safe System measures indicate that they lead to dramatic drops in traffic deaths - for example, a roughly 80 percent reduction...
Crash Trend in NZ During Covid 19
Crash data in NZ shows that from 2019 to 2020, the total number of reported crashes in NZ decreased by around 28%. This is a substantial decrease, and far greater than the equivalent preceding time period (2018/2019), which had a 4% decrease. Also, crash reductions for cyclists (20%) and pedestrians (23%) are...
Pedestrian Casualties Poorer Minority Groups
According to a new study based on 10 years of pedestrian casualty data in England/Wales, minority ethnic people living in poorer areas are three times more likely to be injured or die as pedestrians on the road than white people in affluent districts. White people in non-deprived areas had an average annual...
Trading Clunkers for Electric Bikes
France is offering the owners of old, exhaust-belching cars the opportunity to hand over their vehicles for scrap in return for a 2,500 euro (NZ$4,200) grant to buy an electric bicycle. Lawmakers in the National Assembly have just approved the measure in a preliminary vote. It was an amendment to a draft climate bill...
Transport Mode Safety Risk
Most analysis of road injuries examines the risk experienced by people using different modes of transport. More recent research has examined the impact that specific transport modes have on other road users. Recent research has shown that per-vehicle kilometre, buses and lorries pose much higher risk to others...