Reported collision #31

⚡ Safe Speeds: The speed limit on Markoni is not recorded in the map data, so we cannot state it. What the October 2024 photographs do show is a straight, wide, smooth asphalt street with long clear sight lines north and south and no visible lane markings, traffic calming or narrowing — a layout that invites drivers to travel at the top of whatever limit applies. A person on an electric scooter has no bodywork, no crumple zone and no seatbelt; above roughly 30 km/h impact speed, serious injury becomes the likely outcome rather than the exception. Bringing real speeds down to that level — through a signed 30 km/h limit backed by raised crossings that act like speed bumps (speed tables) and visual narrowing — makes a survivable outcome far more likely.

🛣️ Safe Roads & Roadsides: OpenStreetMap records footways and cycle infrastructure within 150 m, but in the photographs from the collision point itself there is no cycle lane or scooter lane of any kind, so riders must mix with cars in a full traffic lane. The paved footway runs along the western side; to the east, open unsurfaced plots meet the road with vehicles parked on bare ground and crossing the kerb line, which blurs where the street ends and creates frequent turning and reversing movements. The southern view shows a very wide junction mouth with sweeping corners, letting cars turn quickly (large junction radii), and timber utility poles standing at the very edge of the carriageway with no clear strip beside the kerb (no clear zone). A protected, kerb-separated lane for cycles and scooters, tightened corners and a continuous defined kerb line would cut the exposure most.

👥 Safe Road Users: Three marked crossings and one signal are recorded nearby, but the rules for micromobility here are not made obvious by the street itself — nothing in the photographs tells a rider where to be. Clear signed and marked space for scooters and cycles, plus speed enforcement, reduces the guesswork.