Territory-wide campaign to promote pedestrian safety

Police will launch a three-week pedestrian road safety campaign combining education and enforcement action from tomorrow (July 9) to July 29.

The first week will focus on enhancing the road safety awareness of pedestrians, in particular senior citizens. Police Regional Road Safety Teams will distribute publicity leaflets at about 78 locations in the territory to remind the public to comply with road safety regulations.

Offenders will be verbally warned during the first week but stringent enforcement action will be taken in the following two weeks.

Common pedestrian offences include failing to comply with a light signal; crossing within 15 metres of a footbridge or a pedestrian subway other than using such facilities; climbing over a kerbside fence or through a central reservation onto a carriageway.

Police figures (provisional) show that a total of 30 pedestrians were killed in traffic accidents in the first five months of this year, the same as the same period in 2005. Among the deceased, 67 per cent were over the age of 60. Out of the 5 889 traffic accidents in the first five months of this year, about 28 per cent involved pedestrians with a total of 1 704 persons injured.


Police Report No. 4

Issued by PPRB

Ends/Saturday, July 8, 2006