Vehiclepedestrian collisions are the most common type of KSI collision in Los Angeles.
Left-turning pedestrian KSI crashes outnumber right turning crashes three to one.
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Vehiclepedestrian collisions are the most common type of KSI collision in Los Angeles.
Left-turning pedestrian KSI crashes outnumber right turning crashes three to one.
The most common type of KSI collision in Los Angeles is a vehicle-pedestrian collision, accounting for 31 percent of KSI collisions Citywide. The fact that vehicle-pedestrian collisions make up only 6 percent of all collisions underscores the vulnerability of people walking. Broadside( or T-bone) collisions, where the front or rear of one vehicle collides with the side of another vehicle, bicycle, or motorcycle, account for another 29 percent of KSI collisions.
When looking at the driver behavior just prior to a pedestrian KSI collision, the vast majority of drivers( 71 percent) were proceeding straight. This makes sense; it is much more difficult to sustain lethal speeds while making a turn. The following section(“ Why”) includes more information about the effect of vehicle speed on collisions. Among pedestrian KSI collisions that involved a turn, left turns were three times as common compared with right turns( 12 percent versus 4 percent).
Engineering safety countermeasures, detailed in our Vision Zero Action Plan, will specifically target the driving behaviors and collision types that are most likely to result in severe and fatal injury. For example, scramble crosswalks, which restrict vehicle turns for a brief period while allowing people to cross the street in all directions, prevent collisions between turning vehicles and people walking. We installed a scramble crosswalk at the intersection of Hollywood and Highland, which had an average of 13 transportation injuries per year. In the six-month period following installation of the scramble crosswalk, there was not a single transportationrelated injury.
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