1. Safe Pedestrian
Dr. Sanjay Chaturvedi,
Secretary, SHARE Society
drsanjaychaturvedi@gmail.com

2. Why should we be interested in bicycle
and pedestrian safety?
 The situation is getting worse. Urban sprawl has
often left pedestrians stranded. Wide roads have
been built without sidewalks or frequent crosswalks,
and high-speed traffic makes these roadways
particularly deadly. In many areas, intersections with
crosswalks may be as much as a half-mile apart,
leaving pedestrians with no safe way to cross the
street. Of the pedestrian deaths for which
information is recorded, almost 60 percent (59.1%)
occurred in places where no crosswalk was available.

3. Who is Pedestrian?
A person traveling
 on foot
 those traveling using tiny wheels such
as roller skates, skateboards, and
scooters
 wheelchair users

4. Reasons to Support Walking
Economy
Health
Availability
Cognition
Environment Protection

5. Why?

6. National Urban Transport Policy (NUTP, 2006)
 envisions a focus on movement of people and goods rather
than vehicles as the paradigm of transport planning
leading to equitable allocation of road space with priority
to public transport and non-motorized transport. The
National Urban Transport Policy (2006) was adopted by GoI
also recognizes the importance of people centric cities.

7. Make walking safe

8. Statistics for Pedestrians
National Statistics
 Walking is far more dangerous than flying or driving, per mile traveled:
 0.16 deaths per 100,000,000 miles aboard an airplane
 1.4 deaths per 100,000,000 miles in a car.
 Almost 50 deaths per 100,000,000 miles walked.

9. How many pedestrians die
every year?
 ≈270 000 pedestrians are killed on the roads every year or 22% of all road
traffic deaths.
 Most are in low-income countries.

13. Status of Agra?

14. Fatalities in Agra

15. Fatalities according to user type

16. Who are these pedestrians?
 Males – children and adults – are all over-
represented in pedestrian collisions.
 In high-income countries, older pedestrians are
more at risk of death and injury.
 In low- and middle-income countries, children &
young adults are often affected.
 People with disabilities have higher rates of
injury.

17. Where and when do pedestrian
collisions occur?Where
 In high-income countries: most often on city
streets.
 In low- and middle-income countries: between
cities and in rural areas.
When
 When crossing the road.
 When lighting conditions are low, during dusk,
dawn and at night.

18. What influences the severity of a
injuries sustained by a pedestrian?
 Type of vehicle.
 Shape and stiffness of the vehicle
front.
 Age and height of the pedestrian.
 Standing position of the pedestrian
relative to the vehicle front.

19. What are the consequences of
pedestrian collisions?
 Injuries, disabilities and death
 Traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries,
fractures particularly to the lower limb.
 Lengthy hospital stay and rehabilitation
costs
 A loss of a family's breadwinner which
may push families into poverty

20. Vehicle
design
Trauma
care
Driver
behaviour
Pedestrian
behaviour
Road design
Land-use
planning
Major risks for pedestrians?

21. Status of Infrastructure - Agra

22. Encroachment

23. Surface Conditions

24. Walking Environment

25. Where Is The Space To Walk?

26. No Comfort

27. Inaccessible Walkways
90 Cms kerb height

28. Different Types of Walking Surface

29. Ill Managed Pedestrian Facilities

30. IIT Delhi 2006
Existing Scenario

31. Existing Scenario

32. Existing Scenario

33. Existing Scenario

34. Existing Scenario

35. What measures can be taken
to protect pedestrian?
Driver behaviour
 Reduce speed: 50km/hr in urban areas, 30km/hr
around schools.
 Set BAC limit of 0.05g/dl for drivers, less for
novice and commercial drivers.
 Address driver distraction.
 Promote respect for pedestrian's rights.
Pedestrian behaviour
 Enact and enforce laws on public intoxication.
 Encourage pedestrians to wear reflective clothing.
 Urge pedestrians to abide by the rules of the road.

36. What measures can be taken
to protect pedestrian?
Road design
 Separate pedestrians.
 Lower vehicle speeds.
 Improve road way lighting.
 Create pedestrian zones.
 Encourage mass transit.
Land-use planning
 Redesign cities that put facilities in close
proximity.

37. What measures can be taken
to protect pedestrian?
Vehicle design
 Enforce vehicle design standards for
pedestrian protection.
 Generate a demand for safety by the
public.
Trauma care
 Enhance trauma care systems.
 Ensure comprehensive rehabilitation
services.

38. Safe Driving Practices Around
Pedestrians

39. Safe Driving Practices Around
Pedestrians
 Increase your defensive driving "scan and
search" to include pedestrians along the road
and on the sidewalks. They're not as easy to see
as a car or truck and you are more likely to be
looking for other cars.
 Keeping your windshield clean, so that
pedestrians are more visible, is one of the
biggest things you can do to reduce pedestrian
accidents. Pollen, dirt and debris can increase
glare and reduce visibility

40. Safe Driving Practices Around
Pedestrians
 Be alert to pedestrians during left-hand turns.
Just as with cyclists, a pedestrian is four times
more likely to be hit by a motor vehicle that is
turning left than by one that is turning right. As
shown in driver work load studies, the left turning
maneuver is more demanding, particularly for
older drivers, and drivers appear to have
problems with visual search and detection of
pedestrians.

41. Safe Driving Practices Around
Pedestrians
 Children under 8 years old are not capable of safely
navigating around traffic, so they present a special
risk group for pedestrian fatalities. The American
Academy of Pediatrics reports that a young child's
awareness of sounds and the direction from which
they emanate, their peripheral vision, their focus and
concentration levels are not sufficiently developed
until after 8 years of age. One study showed that 90%
of street crossings made by children in K through 3rd
grade were in error.

42. Safe Driving Practices Around
Pedestrians
 Areas around colleges and
universities should also receive special attention at all times. Expect
students to be darting out, not paying attention to signals or traffic, or trying
to catch the tail end of a walk signal, ending up still in the road when the
light turns green. The same holds true for public schools during peak hours in
the morning and afternoon.

43. Safe Driving Practices Around
Pedestrians
 Slow down! Especially in schools zones and other areas rich with pedestrians.
 If a car going 20 mph hits a person, there is a 95% chance that the person will
survive.
 If the car is traveling 30 mph, the person has slightly better than a 50% of
survival.
 At 40 mph, only 15% of people struck at this speed can be expected to
survive.

44. Safe Driving Practices Around
Pedestrians
 During the summer months, Operators on routes that drive by pools and parks
should increase their alertness for children darting out and more people
crossing mid-block. Also, routes that go near Austin’s popular hike and bike
trails should be alert, especially around the “hot” times - early evening and
weekends.

45. Safe Driving Practices Around
Pedestrians
 Everybody knows to be alert when a ball comes
bouncing out in the street, but statistically the
same or more caution should be exercised
when approaching an ice cream truck or
other street vendor.
 Joggers are special hazard. Some of them
violate traffic rules because they don't want to
slow down or break their stride at intersections
and many of them wear headphones, which
takes away their ability to hear traffic noises.

46. Safe Driving Practices Around
Pedestrians
 Older pedestrians walk slower, which makes them more difficult for
the eye to pick up. They also need more time to cross the street.
Older pedestrians account for 13% of the population but 22% of all
pedestrian fatalities. They have the highest death rate of any age
group. Areas around retirement homes, senior centers, and nursing
homes present an increased hazard.

47. Safe Driving Practices Around
Pedestrians
Developments and neighborhoods that
don't have sidewalks force kids to walk
and wait for school buses in the streets,
increasing the hazard. This problem is
compounded in the winter months, when
the low angle of sunlight, and the
tendency to wear darker clothes makes
them more difficult to see.

48. Safe Driving Practices Around
Pedestrians
 Be alert to unusual pedestrian behavior around
Construction areas, which are dangerous locations
for pedestrians. One reason is that many times
construction areas or activities force the
pedestrian to walk out into the street. Another is
that the pedestrian is distracted because they are
watching the construction activities and not
paying attention to traffic.

49. Safe Driving Practices Around
Pedestrians
 Exercise caution while making a Left Turn On Red. One of the biggest causes
of pedestrian fatalities is a turning vehicle in a crosswalk striking a
pedestrian.