Below is a video of an early Pedestrian Safety Device demonstration. Enjoy!
Bridget Driscoll apparently was the first pedestrian killed in an accident in 1896 when she was struck by a car belonging to the Anglo French Motor Carriage Company in London.
Henry Bliss was the first to die in America in 1899 when he stepped off a streetcar and was hit by an electric powered taxicab in New York City.
Shortly thereafter inventors probably went to work on some of the first of many Pedestrian Safety Devices that were built and tested in the last century. Some of the earliest devices were patterned after the pilot or cowcatcher as it was commonly known, and first used on locomotives in the early 1800's. Only three of the many types of the devices that have been designed and built over the years are shown here along with a video shown below...all of them appear to be aimed at low speed city traffic where the pedestrian was still likely to be injured, but the device might save their life by preventing them from getting run over
See additional pictures below..
was a simple guard constructed of metal and mesh.
It was patterned after a cowcatcher and was used to deflect,
catch and keep the pedestrian from ending up under the car.
long fenders once again prevents the person from being run over.
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