Road safety benefits and challenges associated with pedestrian footbridge patronage along the Madina-Adenta highway

Figures & data

Figure 1. Sequence of pedestrians jaywalking at the Madina-Adenta Highway.

Figure 2. Uncompleted Stairs of a footbridge in Madina-Adenta Highway.

Figure 3. Redundant pedestrian crosswalks under a footbridge at the Madina- Adenta Highway.

Table 1. Characteristics of footbridges along Madina-Adenta highway.

Name of Footbridge	Travel distance	Height	Distances	Walking time
Atomic Junction Footbridge	Ramp 325 m	5 m	700 m	5:11
Zongo Junction Footbridge	Ramp 349 m	5 m	580 m	4:38
	Stairs 108 m			2:17
	Ramp & Stairs 175 m			3:27
REDCO Footbridge	Ramp 297 m	5 m	900 m	4:36
Assemblies Footbridge	Ramp 352 m	5 m	710 m	4:30
SDA Footbridge	Ramp 343 m	5 m	834 m	5:10
WASS Footbridge	Ramp 353 m	5 m		4:47

Table 2. Pedestrians crossing behavior at the footbridges.

Location	Pedestrians Actions	Male	Female	Total	% Jaywalking
Atomic Junction	On footbridge	247	154	401	66.4
	Walking along	2641	1962	4603
	Jaywalking	429	364	793
Zongo Junction	On footbridge	5431	5271	10702	11.9
	Walking along	5901	3224	9125
	Jaywalking	927	346	1273
REDCO	On footbridge	1908	4051	5959	8.4
	Walking along	5082	4742	9824
	Jaywalking	355	189	544
Assemblies	On footbridge	200	207	407	17
	Walking along	1354	576	1930
	Jaywalking	48	34	82
WASS	On footbridge	1649	1647	3296	13.7
	Walking along	2499	1855	4354
	Jaywalking	394	129	523
SDA	On footbridge	654	544	1198	12.4
	Walking along	1725	1215	2940
	Jaywalking	121	48	169
Total	On footbridge	10089	11874	21963	14.3
	Walking along	19219	13574	32793
	Jaywalking	2412	1251	3663

Table 3. Distribution of traffic crash fatalities by pedestrians’ action at Madina-Adenta.

Pedestrian action	Casualty Injury			Total
	Fatal	Hospitalised	Injury
Crossing Road	62	63	44	169
Walking Along Road	3	24	15	42
Walking along Edge	0	1	4	5
Other	2	7	10	19
Total	67	95	73	235

Table 4. Distribution of casualty injury severity by pedestrians’ action at Madina-Adenta.

Before (2015–2017)					After (2018–2020)
Pedestrian Action	Casualty Injury			Total	Casualty Injury			Total
	Fatal	Hospitalised	Injury		Fatal	Hospitalised	Injury
Crossing Road	46	26	30	102	16	37	14	67
Walking Along Road	1	8	8	17	2	16	7	25
Walking along edge	0	1	3	4	0	0	1	1
Other	2	2	3	7	0	5	7	12
Total	49	37	44	130	18	58	29	105