Editing Intersection (road) (section)

== Vulnerable road users ==
Vulnerable road users include pedestrians, cyclists, motorcyclists, and individuals using motorized scooters and similar devices. Compared to people who are in motor vehicles (like cars and trucks), they are much more likely to suffer catastrophic or fatal injuries at an intersection.

=== Pedestrians ===
[[File:1 times square night 2013.jpg|thumb|[[Times Square]] is the hub of the [[Broadway theater]] [[Theater District, Manhattan|district]] and a major cultural venue in [[Midtown Manhattan]], [[New York City]]. The [[pedestrian]] intersection also has one of the highest annual attendance rates of any [[tourism|tourist]] attraction in the world, estimated at 60 million.<ref name="curbed.com">{{cite web|url=https://ny.curbed.com/2016/12/19/14005846/new-york-city-tourism-2016-record|title=More tourists visited NYC in 2016 than ever before|author=Rachel Sugar|publisher=Vox Media|date=December 19, 2016|access-date=April 24, 2018}}</ref>]]
Intersections generally must manage [[pedestrian]] as well as vehicle traffic. Pedestrian aids include [[crosswalk]]s, pedestrian-directed traffic signals ("walk light") and [[overpass|over]]/[[underpass]]es. Traffic signals can be time consuming to navigate, especially if programmed to prioritise vehicle flow over pedestrians, while over and underpasses which rely on stairs are inaccessible to those who can not climb them. Walk lights may be accompanied by audio signals to aid the visually impaired. [[Median strip|Medians]] can offer pedestrian islands, allowing pedestrians to divide their crossings into a separate segment for each traffic direction, possibly with a separate signal for each.
[[File:Crossroads sign in Clarksdale, Mississippi.jpg|thumb|Famous intersection of Highways 61 and 49 in Clarksdale, Mississippi sung about by [[Robert Johnson]]]]

Some intersections display [[Traffic light|red lights]] in all directions for [[Traffic light#Traffic signal cycles|a period of time]]. Known as a [[pedestrian scramble]], this type of vehicle [[all-way stop]] allows pedestrians to cross safely in any direction, including diagonally. All green for non motorists is known from the crossing at [[Shibuya Station]], Tokyo.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXtOdSgf6Ic| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211114/QXtOdSgf6Ic| archive-date=2021-11-14 | url-status=live|title=Saturday afternoon at Shibuya Crossing, Tokyo| website=[[YouTube]]|date=April 21, 2007}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

In 2020, NHTSA reported that more than 50% of pedestrian deaths in the United States (3,262 total) were attributed to failure to yield the right of way-- which typically occurs at intersections. <ref>{{Cite web |date=2021 |title=Table 100; Pedestrians Killed, by Related Factors, 2020 |url=https://cdan.nhtsa.gov/SASStoredProcess/guest |access-date=December 15, 2022 |website=NHTSA}}</ref> 

=== Cyclists and motorcyclists ===
Poor visibility at junctions can lead to drivers colliding with cyclists and motorcyclists. Some junctions use [[advanced stop line]]s which allow cyclists to filter to the front of a traffic queue which makes them more visible to drivers.