No matter how we choose to travel there is one thing we all have in common - we are at some time or other pedestrians. Pedestrians are the most vulnerable road users of all; it is therefore paramount all reasonable measures are taken to ensure their safety.According to the Road Driver website (www.roaddriver.co.uk) approximately 20% of all road accidents involving pedestrians happen on or near to pedestrian crossings.The Department for Transport has published data (below) on pedestrian casualties at pedestrian crossings. This is broken down to cover various types of crossings including zebra, pelican, light controlled junctions with a pedestrian phase and crossings with human control.For the purposes of this article I shall focus on the data relating to zebra crossings.
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