Pedestrian safety is one of the priorities of police officers in the Highlands. This is why various traffic safety actions focusing on the visibility of pedestrian road users are taking place.
Last year, policemen in the Sonatina Region surveyed a total of 101 traffic accidents involving 120 pedestrians. "In these traffic accidents, six people were killed, thirteen suffered severe injuries and 92 pedestrians were injured easily in accidents. Only nine pedestrians escaped the accident without injuries, "police spokesman Dana Overtook informed. Even though the number of accidents decreased, the tragic consequences were the same as a year earlier.
Most accidents, exactly seventy-seven, happened in the day. Four pedestrians died there. Frequent shame is the passage outside the transition. "The pedestrian is obliged to use the pedestrian crossing when crossing the road when it is within fifty meters away. The pedestrian crossing is on the right, "the spokesman reminded. It is not allowed to enter the crossing just before the approaching vehicle. Likewise, they may not overturn the railing or other obstacles on the road.
Accidents that occur in the evening or night can be effectively prevented by the use of reflective materials.
"It is an obligation which significantly contributes to the reduction of the risk of collisions of persons with vehicles in places that are insufficiently illuminated while missing the sidewalk," said Overtook and added: "With the reflective tapes or reflective vests, the pedestrian can be seen at a distance of 200 meters so that the driver has the ability to respond adequately. "
Two tragic accidents involving pedestrians took place last year on the D1 motorway leading to the Highlands. In August, in a passenger car crash, one of them crashed a thirty-four-year-old construction worker. In September, the car crashed a seventeen-year-old man who, for unproductive reasons, entered the tram of the lorry under reduced visibility.
