Good to see all that oil revenue being used to protect Norwegians, shame about the climate change.
Oslo had 0 pedestrian, 0 cyclist, 0 children and 1 driver trafic deaths in 2019
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Re: Oslo had 0 pedestrian, 0 cyclist, 0 children and 1 driver trafic deaths in 2019
#32I wonder also how the situation of Norway as a whole is? And is there a chart for other countries?
Re: Oslo had 0 pedestrian, 0 cyclist, 0 children and 1 driver trafic deaths in 2019
#33One interesting observation on Oslo is that, pedestrians do cross the street when it's red for them, if there's no moving traffic close by. This is totally different from, for example, Copenhagen, Stockholm and places I visited in Germany. They're like Italians of the north. That's probably why we felt at home on the streets during our stay there, as a family from Turkey. I would love to have that 0 deaths statistics…
That's not different at all. Why would Norwegians be different from other humans? I can confirm that Swedes and danes do this too. And being of croatian descent I can confirm they do it there too. It's not a cultural thing, it's a human thing to be impatient. If anything it speaks of the flow of traffic. Here in Sweden you can often safely cross the street because the entire length of the street has lights that work…
It's much less common to cross against a Do Not Walk signal in countries like Singapore and Japan. I'm pretty sure they're still human.
Re: Oslo had 0 pedestrian, 0 cyclist, 0 children and 1 driver trafic deaths in 2019
#34One interesting observation on Oslo is that, pedestrians do cross the street when it's red for them, if there's no moving traffic close by. This is totally different from, for example, Copenhagen, Stockholm and places I visited in Germany. They're like Italians of the north. That's probably why we felt at home on the streets during our stay there, as a family from Turkey. I would love to have that 0 deaths statistics…
In Stockholm people do cross at the red light, it's a Stockholm thing to do :)
However, people try not to do that when there are children present.
Re: Oslo had 0 pedestrian, 0 cyclist, 0 children and 1 driver trafic deaths in 2019
#35The cause of the decline is mentioned in the article:
"- Oslo has received several regulations that have reduced the number of places where it is possible to drive. This is especially true within the city center and downtown areas. People have started cycling more. The risk of accidents between motorists and cyclists has been reduced. The more you separate the different road groups, the less the risk of serious traffic accidents. And then we see that the speed limit has been lower on several roads, says Steen."
Re: Oslo had 0 pedestrian, 0 cyclist, 0 children and 1 driver trafic deaths in 2019
#36I wonder also how the situation of Norway as a whole is? And is there a chart for other countries?
For norway, our central statistics agency[1] keeps track of anual traffic fatalities. They provide numbers for each year since 1946, though detailed statistics are only available since ~2000.
In 1946, there were 161 fatalities and 675 gravely injured. This grew more or less linearly to 1971, with 533 fatalities and 4069 gravely injured. Since then it has fallen, again more or less linearly, to 108 fatalities and 602 gravely injured in 2018.
Numbers for 2019 are not out yet, as statistics for december have yet to be released.
[1]: ssb.no
Re: Oslo had 0 pedestrian, 0 cyclist, 0 children and 1 driver trafic deaths in 2019
#37One interesting observation on Oslo is that, pedestrians do cross the street when it's red for them, if there's no moving traffic close by. This is totally different from, for example, Copenhagen, Stockholm and places I visited in Germany. They're like Italians of the north. That's probably why we felt at home on the streets during our stay there, as a family from Turkey. I would love to have that 0 deaths statistics…
People definitely do that most of the time in Stockholm. If you see someone waiting for the light to turn green with no nearby cars, it's most likely because have kids with them or they're old and walk slow. Jaywalking is also very common.
Re: Oslo had 0 pedestrian, 0 cyclist, 0 children and 1 driver trafic deaths in 2019
#38Good to see all that oil revenue being used to protect Norwegians, shame about the climate change.
Norway doesn't even make a dent.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_di...
Re: Oslo had 0 pedestrian, 0 cyclist, 0 children and 1 driver trafic deaths in 2019
#39One interesting observation on Oslo is that, pedestrians do cross the street when it's red for them, if there's no moving traffic close by. This is totally different from, for example, Copenhagen, Stockholm and places I visited in Germany. They're like Italians of the north. That's probably why we felt at home on the streets during our stay there, as a family from Turkey. I would love to have that 0 deaths statistics…
Having lived in both the US and Europe, it's definitely less frequent in the US. But only because the streets are much wider making it scarier.
Re: Oslo had 0 pedestrian, 0 cyclist, 0 children and 1 driver trafic deaths in 2019
#40Good to see all that oil revenue being used to protect Norwegians, shame about the climate change.
Norway doesn't even make a dent. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_di...
That doesn't count the emissions from oil & gas extracted from Norwegian fields and exported.