Cars could be less dangerous to pedestrians if they were fitted with external airbags and energy-absorbing bodywork (Image: Sipa Press / Rex Features)
PITY the poor pedestrian. While vehicle drivers and their passengers are cocooned in a crash, people hit by a car have no such protection. Now that could change, thanks to a variety of systems that when built into a vehicle will improve a pedestrian’s chances.
Every month approximately 3400 people are killed in traffic accidents on the roads in the US, and a similar number die in Europe. Some 30 per cent of the injuries sustained by…
