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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…
New Roundabouts - Huge Crash Savings
Two new roundabouts designed by TES and commissioned by Auckland Transport have achieved substantial crash savings, post-construction. Roundabouts that are well designed can achieve substantial long-term crash savings! Also, the Church / Victoria roundabout was the subject of a peer...
Zero Road Deaths Can Be Achieved
A road death toll is not inevitable. More than 500 cities worldwide with populations greater than 50,000 have achieved zero road deaths multiple times. Common actions to achieve this have included: Redirecting Road Funding - Walking and cycling infrastructure generally gets low priority for funding...
E-Scooter Training in the Uk
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In Great Britain, the AA is to give road safety lessons to e-scooter riders, as operators launch what is billed as the first theory test for the latest form of transport. Under the scheme, e-scooter riders will be taught how to operate and park the vehicles and share the road safely with cars, pedestrians, and...
Speeding Motorists
TRL reports that 54% of cars on 30mph (48kph) posted speed roads in Great Britain exceed the speed limit. Although not many cars (6%) exceed the speed limit by more than 10mph (16kph), the risk of a pedestrian crash being a fatality crash increases significantly at speeds above 30mph (48kph). At speeds of...
Tactical Urbanism A New Way to Test Designs
Tactical Urbanism is the use of flexible, low cost, vibrant, and temporary / interim measure to encourage longer-term improvements of road / pavement space, creating better places for people. Due to the short-term nature of Tactical Urbanism projects, new design ideas and concepts can be easily trialled at...
Rise in Cyclist Fatalities in Berlin
Photograph Source: The Guardian: Maja Hitij/Getty
Berlin has reported a record rise in cyclist fatalities in 2020, with 14 cyclist fatalities to date despite a drop in the typical drop in traffic due to the global corona-virus pandemic, and around 14 miles of new pop-up protected bicycle lanes. Germany's capital has seen more than double the number of...
Are Older Drivers at Greater Risk of Crashes
Photograph Source: The Telegraph. Photograph: ALAMY
Older drivers may not be the most at risk age group with respect to intersection crashes. A study by Bladock et al. studied crashes in New Zealand and Australia comparing drivers between 0-59, 60-74, and 75+. The study showed that for the majority of jurisdictions, drivers aged 75+ had a lower crash rate...
Crash Monitoring Proven Effective Measures
One of the best ways to achieve a high Benefit Cost Ratio (BCR) for a project is to undertake crash studies. Serious and fatal crashes are the significant contributors to the economic analysis and the reduction of these types of crashes can achieve substantial crash savings with a very high BCR by using...