Modern road safety elements of the pedestrians

Abstract

More than 270000 pedestrians die annually on roads across the world, accounting for about 22% of the total number of people killed in road accidents. In addition, millions of pedestrians are traumatized, some of them become disabled for life. The pedestrian is the most vulnerable road traffic victim. Compared to drivers, they are not physically protected, and road accidents with their involvement often become a tragedy – usually the pedestrian gets serious injuries, including incompatible with life. The article contains a brief description of the pedestrian-driver relationship, the statistics of road accidents with the involvement of pedestrians in the Republic of Moldova, the modern practices and technologies applied in some countries regarding the efficient organization of the pedestrian safety.