American Structurepoint Vice President and Partner Mike McBride, a nationally recognized roundabout expert, shares these important roundabout statistics in the podcast:
- Roundabouts, when compared to intersections with traffic signals, result in an 80% reduction in injury accidents
- Roundabouts reduce the total number of accidents by 40% when compared to intersections with traffic signals
- Roundabouts result in a 75% reduction in pedestrian crashes and a 90% reduction in incapacitating and fatal crashes
- Roundabouts are environmentally friendly. When replacing an intersection with traffic signals, roundabouts result in a 28% reduction in carbon monoxide and up to a 40% reduction in hydrocarbon.
To learn more about how roundabouts improve safety and increase traffic capacity, listen to the American Structurepoint Making Our Point podcast. You can access the podcast at https://structurepoint.buzzsprout.com, under the “Company” tab on structurepoint.com, or on any of your favorite podcast streaming platforms such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, Stitcher, and more.
