Territory-wide campaign to promote pedestrian safety
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     Police will run a two-week territory-wide pedestrian road safety campaign from tomorrow (June 8) to June 22. The campaign is aimed at educating pedestrians, in particular senior citizens, on road safety.

     During the first week, officers from Police Regional Road Safety Teams and Road Safety Patrol will distribute publicity leaflets at 71 locations in the territory, including traffic accident black spots, to enhance pedestrians' road safety awareness and appeal to people to comply with road safety regulations.

     Offenders will be given verbal warnings in the first week while stringent enforcement action will be taken in the subsequent week.

     A Police spokesman said that common pedestrian offences included failing to comply with a light signal on a light signal crossing; crossing within 15 metres of a footbridge or a pedestrian subway other than using such facilities; and climbing over a kerbside fence or through a central reservation onto a carriageway.

     Police figures show that a total of 43 pedestrians were killed in traffic accidents in the first four months of this year, an increase of 16 persons compared with the same period in 2007. Among the deceased, 72 per cent were over the age of 60. Of the 4 662 traffic accidents in the first four months of this year, about 26 per cent involved pedestrians leaving 1 234 persons injured.

Police Report No. 5
Issued by PPRB

End/Saturday, June 7, 2008
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