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‘Puffins crossings safer than Pelicans’

08 April 2011
Puffins: safer than Pelicans, says study
Puffins: safer than Pelicans, says study

 

Puffin crossings are safer than Pelican crossings according to research commissioned by the DfT.

Puffins include near-side rather than far-side pedestrian crossing indicators. Although they are the DfT’s favoured type of crossing, they do have their critics, with some pedestrians preferring to be able to see a far-side green man as they cross the road.

TRL studied accident data from 50 sites (40 mid-block crossings and ten junctions) that had been converted from Pelican to Puffin...

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