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We did a post on the "Pedestrians Etiquette Tips" https://www.sabiarea.com.ng/2018/10/pedestrian-etiquette-tips.html.

Today, we are doing a follow up on that but more on the usage of pedestrian bridges by pedestrians.


Pedestrian bridges are bridges specially designed for pedestrians and in some cases cyclists, animal traffic to further enhance the safety of road users.

Studies were carried out in the United Kingdom recently on pedestrian’s behaviour and attitude in the area of a pedestrian bridge. It was concluded that pedestrian bridges have a positive impact and have great potential of reducing number of pedestrian fatalities. The main factors that affect the use of pedestrian bridges are: the posted speed limit, the overall width of the cross walkway, and the existence of median barrier.


Nevertheless, pedestrian accidents normally involve passenger cars. However, considerable numbers of road crashes involved heavy goods vehicles. Pedestrians walking on the road make up the majority of casualties in pedestrian-related road crashes followed by pedestrians walking on the sidewalk. Main cause of pedestrian accidents is error of the driver. That includes not respecting pedestrian priority, lack of attention, driving under influence, speed violation, and disregard for crosswalks.

More than 50 per cent of pedestrian accidents are caused by cars driving at 40 mph and above, especially within built-up areas. Pedestrian accidents can also be caused by error of the pedestrians such as lack of attention, ignoring traffic controls, ignoring crosswalks and pedestrian bridges, lack of awareness or caution.

The same study further recommended the following measures to improve the driver and pedestrian behaviour:..Read more here[b]_{https://www.sabiarea.com.ng/2018/11/attitude-and-pedestrian-bridges-usage.html}[/b]