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
#2That is amazing.
It is easy to imagine that safer cars have contributed most to this. But there are so many other factors.. emergency response, alcohol, road quality, weather... I wonder how it would break down, if it was possible to measure it all.
Re: Oslo had 0 pedestrian, 0 cyclist, 0 children and 1 driver trafic deaths in 2019
#3It is quite expensive to get a drivers license here in Norway, and it is a rigorous process.
Re: Oslo had 0 pedestrian, 0 cyclist, 0 children and 1 driver trafic deaths in 2019
#4It is quite expensive to get a drivers license here in Norway, and it is a rigorous process.
You can freely use many foreign driver's licenses without extra expenditures.
Re: Oslo had 0 pedestrian, 0 cyclist, 0 children and 1 driver trafic deaths in 2019
#5Does Oslo rigorously separate cars from bikes, using bike lanes?
Re: Oslo had 0 pedestrian, 0 cyclist, 0 children and 1 driver trafic deaths in 2019
#6From the chart, going from 5 or 10 driver traffic deaths to 1 may be a simple statistical anomaly (and perhaps not even, it could be within the distribution). We would need to know the history of pedestrian and cyclist deaths too. The long term evolution seems meaningful, but that year may not mean anything.
Re: Oslo had 0 pedestrian, 0 cyclist, 0 children and 1 driver trafic deaths in 2019
#7Does Oslo rigorously separate cars from bikes, using bike lanes?
To some extent. They have dedicated bus lanes with less traffic than the rest of the road and they have started restricting parts of the city center for cars.
Re: Oslo had 0 pedestrian, 0 cyclist, 0 children and 1 driver trafic deaths in 2019
#8That is amazing. It is easy to imagine that safer cars have contributed most to this. But there are so many other factors.. emergency response, alcohol, road quality, weather... I wonder how it would break down, if it was possible to measure it all.
They also look at road section with abnormally high levels of accidents and are actually willing to chance road layout to more intuitive.
It is a legitimate reason to change the curvature or build a bridge or additional exit in Norway "because it's difficult to drive in".
It's really quite incredible, and combine that with safer cars, and you can really start to eat into traffic fatalities.
Re: Oslo had 0 pedestrian, 0 cyclist, 0 children and 1 driver trafic deaths in 2019
#9That's impressive. Even more impressive is that the yearly death toll has been 10 or below since around 2005. Is it because people/teens are now staying indoors more due to the internet or is it due to a policy change or is it technological improvements in cars? I don't speak norwegian so I can't read the linked article.
Re: Oslo had 0 pedestrian, 0 cyclist, 0 children and 1 driver trafic deaths in 2019
#10HN 11 months ago: Oslo made its city center basically car-free https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19000076