Principles of correct lighting of pedestrian crossings
- dedicated lighting provides a positive contrast of the pedestrian’s silhouette on the road and in the waiting zone on the pavement,
- luminaires are installed in front of the pedestrian crossing separately for each direction of traffic,
- optics directs the emitted light from the luminaire in such a way as to illuminate the silhouette of pedestrians from the side of oncoming vehicles,
- luminaires are placed below the line of road lighting luminaires, usually at a height of 5-7 m and at a distance of 0.5-1.5 m before a pedestrian crossing
- the vertical illuminance should be significantly higher than the horizontal illuminance produced by the road lighting,
- to improve the visibility of the crossing, sometimes a different colour temperature of light sources is used than in the case of the main road lighting,
e.g., road – 4000K, crossing – 5700K.
- luminaires are installed in front of the pedestrian crossing separately for each direction of traffic,
- optics directs the emitted light from the luminaire in such a way as to illuminate the silhouette of pedestrians from the side of oncoming vehicles,
- luminaires are placed below the line of road lighting luminaires, usually at a height of 5-7 m and at a distance of 0.5-1.5 m before a pedestrian crossing
- the vertical illuminance should be significantly higher than the horizontal illuminance produced by the road lighting,
- to improve the visibility of the crossing, sometimes a different colour temperature of light sources is used than in the case of the main road lighting,
e.g., road – 4000K, crossing – 5700K.
Planning of pedestrian crossings
The Foundation for the Development of Civil Engineering, Gdańsk University of Technology, Warsaw University of Technology
and the Road and Bridge Research Institute have developed WR-D-41-4* guidelines for lighting pedestrian crossings to increase
pedestrian safety. These guidelines introduce among others, a new class of PC lighting.
and the Road and Bridge Research Institute have developed WR-D-41-4* guidelines for lighting pedestrian crossings to increase
pedestrian safety. These guidelines introduce among others, a new class of PC lighting.
Various road variants illuminated by P2 optics
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You can read about what optics is, what to consider when choosing it, and the benefits it offers in a separate article in the Knowledge Zone.
You can read about what optics is, what to consider when choosing it, and the benefits it offers in a separate article in the Knowledge Zone.