Pedestrian Accident at Traffic Crossing: Witness Testimony and Accident Analysis

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The forum discussion centers on a pedestrian accident involving a boy and a van at a traffic crossing. The boy was struck while crossing with a green pedestrian signal, and the driver claimed to be traveling at 40 km/h but reduced speed to 10 km/h upon impact. Witness testimony indicated the boy walked quickly as the signal changed. Key data points include a braking distance of 19.8 meters and a coefficient of friction of 0.76, which are critical for calculating various metrics related to the accident.

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boy knocked down by van at pedestrian crossing with lights. point of impact was 4.6 km from kerb.there was a witness.
boy said- i crosse imm green man came on.thought van would stop
driver said - i was traveling at 40 k/h .light was green .i slammed brakr imm. but still hit him.at no more than 10k/h
witness said i was behind boy .boy walked quickly as green man came on

the witness was asked to walk 5m several times at same pace as boy when crossind. average time was 2.9s. slight injury to boy impact speed most 10 k/h.
4 skid marks longest 19.8m. coeff of tyre/road friction was 0.76.phasing for lights- yellow light lasted 3s before green man and the red light came on together

1. dist van travel after impact?
2. dist travelledfrom braking to impact
3.speed of van before braking
4. average speed while braking
5. stopping time
6time elapsing between impact and stopping
7.time passing between start of braking and impact
8. reaction time of driver
9.what time between seeing the boy and impact
10.boys reaction time after seeing light turn green
11.dist boy stands from the kerb
12.dist boy walks before impact
13.time taken for this walk

have tried most but would like to check answers
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