Accidents between trams and pedestrians or cyclists fortunately occur relatively infrequently in Germany compared to other road traffic accidents in absolute terms. However, the accidents are usually characterised by a particular accident severity. Together with longer operational incidents, the topic is therefore becoming increasingly important – also furthered by the media coverage.
This prompted the German Federal Highway Research Institute (Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen /BASt) to award a research contract on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI). The...