Scientists 実験（する） BOUNCY pavements made from 再生利用するd tyres 類似の to 床に打ち倒すing from children’s playgrounds ? 説 they could save THOUSANDS of lives

  • New pavement surface could 減ずる 傷害s for those who lose their 地盤
  • 落ちるs are the most ありふれた 原因（となる） of deaths from 傷害 in those over 75
  • 類似して, nearly 100,000 people a year in England 苦しむ hip fractures from 落ちるs

By Victoria Allen Science 特派員 In Seattle For The Daily Mail

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A pavement?made of bouncy 構成要素 that could save 'thousands of lives' is in 開発.

Nearly 100,000 people a year in England 苦しむ hip fractures, and 落ちるs are the most ありふれた 原因（となる） of deaths from 傷害 in those over 75.

However, a pavement surface ? more than half of which is made of 再生利用するd rubber tyres ? could 減ずる 傷害s for those who lose their 地盤.

A bouncy pavement made of of recycled rubber tyres that could save 'thousands of lives' is in development (stock image)

A bouncy pavement made of of 再生利用するd rubber tyres that could save 'thousands of lives' is in 開発 (在庫／株 image)

It 作品 類似して to the 構成要素 in the ground in play areas, which 妨げるs broken bones if children 倒れる from swings or slides.?

But the new type of asphalt, 現在のd at the 年次の 会議／協議会 of the American 協会 for the 進歩 of Science in Seattle, is 持続する enough to 対処する with 歩行者s.

On a 従来の road surface, a 落ちる from just eight インチs carries a 90 per cent 危険 of 長，率いる 傷害, and a 55 per cent 危険 that it will be 厳しい.

But safety 実験（する）s show the 衝撃-吸収するing surface 徹底的に 減ずるs this. It is 存在 実験（する）d in Sweden, and is hoped to be rolled out around the world.

Professor Cesare Sangiorgi, of the University of Bologna in Italy, who is part of a team developing the 構成要素, said: 'My mother, who is 75, told me she wasn't going out because it was chilly and she was 脅すd she might 落ちる.

'But if people 落ちる on our pavement, they are いっそう少なく likely to 苦しむ 傷害s because the severity will be 大幅に 減ずるd.'

It works similarly to the material in the ground in play areas, which prevents broken bones if children topple from swings or slides (stock image)

It 作品 類似して to the 構成要素 in the ground in play areas, which 妨げるs broken bones if children 倒れる from swings or slides (在庫／株 image)

Dr Viveca Wallqvist, of RISE 研究 学校／設けるs of Sweden, said: 'Thousands of lives could be saved by this surface, both in the UK and other countries.'

Pavements are 95 per cent an 'aggregate' of 鎮圧するd 激しく揺する, sand and gravel, and 5 per cent bitumen, a 厚い tar-like 構成要素 taken from 天然のまま oil. Scientists changed the recipe to make asphalt whose 容積／容量 is 60 per cent rubber from 再生利用するd tyres.

It is part of a 事業／計画（する） called SaferUp, which is EU-基金d at a cost of around £200,000.

Caroline Abrahams, of charity Age UK, said: '落ちるs are a major hazard to older people, so anything we can do to 少なくなる the severity of the 傷害s they 原因（となる） is definitely 価値（がある） 調査するing.'

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