A presentation about Pedestrian Reflectors by Playtime Seychelles. More children between the ages 5-14 die as a result of being struck by a motor vehicle than from any other cause, natural or accidental. To provide children with Pedestrian Reflectors can increase children’s safety on the roads and help to prevent accidents where children and traffic meets.

1. Be Visible Be Safe!
Wear a Pedestrian Reflector!
A Reflector Saves Life!

2. Pedestrian reflectors
The reflectors have in fact been used all over
Scandinavia for over 40 years and have proved
to cut down the number of accidents between
pedestrian and motor vehicle to half. Today
personal pedestrian reflectors are used in many
countries in the world and they are a cheap life
insurance!

3. Pedestrians are three
times more likely to
die in a road accident
than other road users.

4. 40% of all pedestrian
accidents happens when
it is dark.

5. •The risk to get hit or killed
by a car increases three
times in darkness.
•Already at twilight the risk
increases.

6. Rain and fog reduces
the visibility.

7. 8 out of 10 drivers who
struck people at night
didn't see them.

8. Be Visible Be Safe!
• Whether daytime, dawn, dusk, foul weather,
or at night, you need to be seen by others.
• Remember, just because you can see a driver
doesn’t mean the driver can see you.

9. A person walking in lowlight conditions, wearing dark clothes
is first seen approximately 20-30 meters. In light clothes
60 meters, when it rains even less. With a reflector 125 meters.
The reflector is best seen if it sits low and moves.
To wear a Pedestrian Reflector is the cheapest life insurance.
A Reflector Saves Lives!

10. Speed and visibility is crucial.
• Driving at 40 km/h that gives the driver only
2 seconds to react. A pedestrian’s reflector
can be seen shining 125 metres in the headlights
giving the driver a full 10 seconds to react.
To adjust speed and give the pedestrian space.
• Whit higher speed the distance to react will be
reduced!
• At 80km/h the driver has only at most 5 seconds
to react.

11. •Wearing a reflector
reduce the risk of being
hit by a car by 85%.

12. Be Visible Be Safe!
On small narrow roads without sidewalks
a pedestrian with a reflector gives the
driver a possibility to slow down speed and
give the pedestrian space.

13. Researches.
According to researches made by professor Stina
Sandels and other Swedish researchers,
children are not mature to understand how traffic
works and also understand the dangers before
they are around 12 years old and at that age
also the perception is fully developed and also
other skills have been developed.

14. Most vulnerable of Pedestrians.
Children and youngsters are the most vulnerable
of the pedestrians.
Small children because of their size and that
their cognitive and perceptual abilities not are
fully developed.

15. Most vulnerable of Pedestrians.
Elderly children and youngsters because they
often are distracted by headsets, mobile phones
and walking in groups talking and not focusing
on the traffic, they also are more often out on
the streets in the evening after nightfall.

16. Be Visible Be Safe!
More children between the ages
5-14 die as a result of being struck by
a motor vehicle than from any other
cause, natural or accidental.

17. Be Visible Be Safe!
Pedestrian reflectors can make
it much safer and help prevent
accidents where children and
traffic meets.

18. Be Visible Be Safe!
Encouraging children and adults to
wear reflectors will make them more
visible and can help to provide a
lowering of the night time death
and injury rate.

19. Easy usage
The Reflector is simply attached to the garments
with a string and a safety pin. It can be stored
in the pocket during daylight and pulled out
when the light fades.

20. Be Visible Be Safe!
You can buy your personal pedestrian reflector
at Seychelles Postal Office in Victoria at the
Philatelic Gift Shop. You can chose between
hanger or bracelet.

21. A Pedestrian Reflector is
the cheapest life insurance.
A Reflector Saves Lives!

23. Be Visible Be Safe!
Be Safe in
…Seychelles!

24. Thank You!