Design of the front of the tram in view of its danger to pedestrians in the collision

In the preparatory measurements before launching the project in direct connection with the prepared European legislation in the field of tram safety from the point of view of pedestrians, an interesting fact was found. In Prague, it is still possible to meet trams with a front part designed in the 50s of last century with modern low-floor machines not older than 5 years. The main differences are the profile, the height of the windscreen edge above the road and the presence, resp. absence of coupling in old, resp. new type.¶ Removal of the coupling clearly benefits the safety of pedestrians, but in other aspects, the old structure seems to be more favourable.