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. 2022 Mar 16;22:513. doi: 10.1186/s12889-021-12253-y

Table 5.

Description of included systematic reviews: Structural improvement

Review first author, date of publication Date of search to identify studies for this review Interventions Participants Number of included studies (types of studies) Geographic area Studied Outcomes
Beyer 2009 [47] October 2008 Street lights Streets or groups of streets 17 (controlled before and after studies) HIC (USA, UK, Australia, Germany)

. Slight reduction in crashes

. Slight reduction in fatal and injury crashes

Elvik 2003 [48] 1997 Roundabouts Intersections 28 (before and after, comparative study) HIC (Britain, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Australia, Netherlands, Switzerland) . Reduction in number of injury and fatal crashes
Elvik 2017 [49] Not stated Roundabouts Junctions 44 (before and after, comparative study, cross-sectional studies) HIC (Britain, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Australia, Netherlands, Switzerland, USA, Belgium) . Reduction in number of crashes
Fu 2016 [50] February 2015 Digital countdown timers Motorists 14 (cross-sectional studies, before and after studies)

HIC (Taiwan, China, Singapore, Slovenia)

MIC (Thailand)

LMIC (India)

. No reduction in rear-end collision

. No effectiveness in DCT on intersections.