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Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Average of 82 pedestrian crossing accidents every year

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http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/average-of-82-traffic/631658.html?cid=FBSG

Over the past five years, there has been an average of 82 accidents each year involving pedestrians, cyclists, or vehicles at pedestrian crossings.

This accounts for one per cent of the total accidents which occur islandwide every year.

On average, three pedestrians and one cyclist lost their lives, while 55 pedestrians and 21 cyclists were injured in such accidents each year.

On the whole however, the number of pedestrian and cyclist casualties at these crossings dropped by 63 percent - from 144 in 2008 to 54 in 2012.

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