Increasing safety on our roads with roundabouts

As part of the Durham Vision Zero Strategic Road Safety Action Plan, roundabouts have been installed at various locations across Durham Region in place of traffic control signals. Locations are selected based on a thorough assessment that ensures a roundabout is the ideal solution and is feasible from a design perspective.

Roundabouts are generally considered to be a safer option, since they reduce the number of conflict points and eliminate the most severe crashes by lowering traffic speed and only requiring drivers to look in one direction for oncoming traffic. Roundabouts also minimize delays by allowing motorists to yield rather than stop at red signals; and reduce fuel consumption and vehicle emissions since vehicles are not required to wait at a red traffic signal.

To learn how to properly use roundabouts, view our video series at durham.ca/Roundabouts. To learn more about Durham Vision Zero, visit durham.ca/VisionZero.