KNOW THE STATS
- Roundabouts are one-way, circular intersections designed to improve safety and efficiency for motorists, bicyclists and pedestrians.
- Roundabouts reduce fatalities by 90 percent, injury crashes by 76 percent and pedestrian crashes by 30 to 40 percent.
- Roundabouts Save Lives campaign aims to educate drivers on how to navigate roundabouts and their benefits.
- Roundabouts reduce crashes by decreasing stop-and-go traffic.
- Roundabouts are also eco-friendly and help decrease fuel consumption and carbon emissions by reducing vehicle delay and the number and duration of stops, compared to signalized intersections.
- Roundabouts are designed to improve safety for all road users, including bicyclists, pedestrians and big truck drivers.
- Slow down when approaching a roundabout and yield to traffic. That’s the golden rule.
- In Louisiana, roughly 52 roundabouts have been constructed, and another 116 were proposed (as of February 2019).