Electric vehicles are quieter and thus harder for pedestrians to anticipate, especially in urban areas where background ambient noise levels are higher.
Pedestrians may be twice as likely to be hit by an electric or a hybrid car as those powered by petrol or diesel, wrote Phil Edwards, Siobhan Moore, and Craig Higgins of the London School of Hygiene.
Pedestrians are twice as likely to be hit by an electric or hybrid-electric car than a petrol or diesel car, according to an analysis of data on collisions in Great Britain.The study, carried out by researchers at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), analysed Road Safety Data (STATS19) datasets which hold all reports of pedestrians injured by collisions with cars or taxis in Great Britain between 2013 and 2017.
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