At BVIZIBLE Reflectors, we are about saving lives, one pedestrian at a time.
Significant Increase in Visibility & Reduction in Pedestrian Injuries
Safety reflectors have a significant impact on pedestrian visibility in the dark, as demonstrated in our video below.
Our illustration also shows how much a driver's detection distance increases in the dark when a pedestrian wears a reflector.
Finally, see below for some statistics on how much pedestrian traffic injuries and fatalities have decreased in countries that have implemented regulations for reflector use.
On a dark road, a driver driving with low-beam headlights can see a pedestrian not wearing a reflector at a distance of only 160 feet. With high-beam headlights, visibility increases to 500 feet.
With a reflector, visibility extends to 1,150 feet with low-beam headlights and to almost 2,000 feet with high-beam headlights.
Finland has had rules governing the use of safety reflectors since 1982. In 2003, Finland reinforced these regulations, which has had a substantial effect on road safety in Finland, leading to an over 70% reduction in pedestrian traffic injuries over the course of two decades. The impact on the youth has been even more significant, with injuries decreasing almost by 80%.
Reflectors are a vital component of pedestrian safety standards. Even before 2003, almost 1/3 of the Finnish population regularly used reflectors.
In 2023, almost two thirds of the population uses a reflector regularly, emphasizing their recognized value as an essential asset for pedestrian safety.
*Measurement method revised in 2016 (data gathering points added)
Ten years after the expansion of the 1992 Traffic Act, Estonia has observed a nearly 70% reduction in the number of fatal traffic accidents involving pedestrians during nighttime.
During this same 10-year period, the number of all traffic accidents occurring in the dark has decreased by over 30%.