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Due to massive increase of using of different types of city transport e.g. cars, bicycles, segways, scooters, or electric scooters also increases the potential risk of collisions or critical situations. These risks may be caused by the undisciplined drivers or exceeding of maximal allowed speed on the city roads. All these factors can affect transport safety in the city, especially for the most vulnerable road users like pedestrians, bikers, or scooter riders.In our research, we decided to find out the speed conditions and the speed limits exceeded by the passenger car drivers, van drivers, and long vehicle drivers. Our traffic sensor network consists of 26 traffic intensity sensors placed in strategic places around the city center of Zilina city and the sensor network covers all the road lines. The sensors can count input and output traffic and also measures the speed of the vehicles crossing the sensors. The major group of traffic sensors is placed near the pedestrian crossroads, so we can detect the exceeding the speed in the most dangerous places for pedestrians or cyclists in the city. Since we have diversified data, we can compare places near and far from pedestrian roads.

Keywords: Road safety, traffic sensors network, vehicle speed, Zilina city

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