TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1993//
TI  - Driving speeds and pedestrian safety in the City of Helsinki
JO  - Traffic engineering and control
A1  - Pasanen, E.
A1  - Salmivaara, H
SP  - 308
EP  - 310
VL  - 34
IS  - 6
N2  - 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.     <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0041-0683
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -