{"id":24165,"date":"2011-11-29T12:02:28","date_gmt":"2011-11-29T17:02:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=24165"},"modified":"2011-11-29T13:18:17","modified_gmt":"2011-11-29T18:18:17","slug":"danger-time-for-pedestrians-late-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2011\/11\/29\/danger-time-for-pedestrians-late-november\/","title":{"rendered":"Darkest November = Pedestrian Danger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2623\/3966012418_2ae818dd83_z.jpg?zz=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"326\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A statistical study by Global News of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.globaltoronto.com\/late+november+deadly+for+toronto+pedestrians\/6442529459\/story.html\" target=\"_blank\">pedestrian accidents 2000-2009<\/a> has found that the end of November is the most dangerous time of year  for pedestians. Eight out of the ten worst days for vehicles hitting  pedestrians were between Nov. 21 and Nov. 30.<\/p>\n<p>The City of Toronto <a href=\"http:\/\/www.toronto.ca\/transportation\/walking\/pdf\/ped_collision_study-full_report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">pedestrian collision study<\/a> (PDF) showed an increase in pedestrian collisions during the months  when the days are getting shorter and are at their shortest &#8212; October  to January. It seemed to suggest that increasing darkness &#8212; probably  during rush hour &#8212; was a cause of increasing collisions, but the report  refused to delve into this question more  deeply.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The concentration of bad days in late November is startling, however.  The Global story suggests that it&#8217;s because darkness is just starting  to fall right at the evening rush hour, which fits with the overall  pattern. The concentration in late November (along with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.globaltoronto.com\/Pages\/Story.aspx?id=6442516478\" target=\"_blank\">brief spike after the clocks change in October<\/a>) suggests, more specifically, that it takes drivers and pedestrians a week or so to adjust to the new reality.<\/p>\n<p>There are things the City (and\/or the Province) could do to alleviate  this problem, such as a public education campaign ahead of these periods  to get people to start adjusting before the change in light happens.<\/p>\n<p>Also  interesting was the finding that the safest days for pedestrians are  holidays (even the dark ones through Christmas\/New Year&#8217;s). It seems likely  that&#8217;s because there are far fewer cars on the road (on some of these days, like Canada Day, there are lots of pedestrians about).<\/p>\n<p>In any case, this is the most dangerous time of year for pedestrians, so both drivers and pedestrians, please be careful.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tomms\/3966012418\/\"><em>photo by Tom Ryaboi<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A statistical study by Global News of pedestrian accidents 2000-2009 has found that the end of November is the most dangerous time of year for pedestians. Eight out of the ten worst days for vehicles hitting pedestrians were between Nov. 21 and Nov. 30. The City of Toronto pedestrian collision study (PDF) showed an increase<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2011\/11\/29\/danger-time-for-pedestrians-late-november\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;Darkest November = Pedestrian Danger&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4006,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9,6],"tags":[2723,1158,1278,416,18626,19],"class_list":["post-24165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-traffic","category-walking","tag-canada-day","tag-christmas","tag-new-years-day","tag-pdf","tag-tom-ryaboi","tag-toronto"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Darkest November = Pedestrian Danger - Spacing Toronto<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2011\/11\/29\/danger-time-for-pedestrians-late-november\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Darkest November = Pedestrian Danger - Spacing Toronto\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A statistical study by Global News of pedestrian accidents 2000-2009 has found that the end of November is the most dangerous time of year for pedestians. 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