Association between intersection characteristics and perceived crash risk among school-aged children

Lee, Gain; Park, Jinah; Kim, Jeongseob; Cho, Gi-Hyoug

doi:10.1016/j.aap.2016.09.001

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“…On the other hand, traffic signs present at mid-block were not statistically significant with child pedestrian collisions [ 43 ]. Regarding perception of safety, one study showed that the presence of a school zone sign was positively related to a high risk of child pedestrian crashes, and increased the perceived crash risk among children at intersections [ 60 ]. In that study, child participants were instructed to indicate the locations they believed had the highest risk of collision.…”

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“…A total of three studies did not find a correlation between objective traffic calming and parental perception of safety [ 49 , 50 , 60 ]. One qualitative study [ 55 ] showed that children perceived traffic calming as safe or less dangerous.…”

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“…Regarding perception of safety results, three studies examined the correlation between perception of safety and active transportation roads [ 50 , 57 , 60 ]. The presence of sidewalks was not statistically related to perceived traffic danger by children at intersections [ 60 ].…”

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Objective and Perceived Traffic Safety for Children: A Systematic Literature Review of Traffic and Built Environment Characteristics Related to Safe Travel

Amiour

Waygood

Berg

2022

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The literature on children’s active transportation has shown the influence of the built environment characteristics on walking and crashes. Various reviews have examined those two questions. One influence on walking is the perception of traffic safety. However, it is not clear how, or even if, the built environment affects such perceptions. This research aims to understand which traffic and built environment characteristics influence objective and subjective/perceived traffic safety for children based on the analysis of previous studies in the field. Two types of research were used: the first examines the association between traffic and built environment characteristics and child pedestrian and/or cyclist collisions/injuries; the second relates to the perception of safety by parents and children for active transportation and, where studied, its relationship with built environment characteristics. A systematic review was conducted using five electronic databases. The total number of articles retrieved was reduced to 38 following the eligibility criteria and quality assessment, where 25 articles relate to injuries among children and 13 articles pertain to perception of safety. The results showed that high traffic volume and high vehicle speed are the main reasons children and parents feel unsafe when children use active travel, which matches the main findings on objective safety. Few articles on perception of safety related to the objective built environment were found. However, consistent findings exist. The presence of sidewalk was related to the safety of children. The presence of a crossing guard was positively related to perceived safety but was associated with higher rates of injuries among children. Intersection density was related to unsafe perceptions but was not statistically associated with objective traffic safety. Additionally, population density was found to be positively related to injuries among children, but not to perception of safety. The results help policy strategy to enhance the safety of children when using active transport modes.

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Objective and Perceived Traffic Safety for Children: A Systematic Literature Review of Traffic and Built Environment Characteristics Related to Safe Travel

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2022

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“…This study also revealed that preschool-aged children are at heightened risk for pedestrian injuries than adults. Interventions such as modification of the road environment [ 34 ], implementation of a higher number of student crossings, a wider road width, the presence of crosswalks, student-friendly facilities at the intersection, and four-way intersections [ 35 ] may help to reduce the pedestrian crashes. For example, the implementation of the Safe Routes to School (SRTS) program in New York City has contributed to a substantial 44% reduction in pedestrian injuries among school-aged children [ 36 ].…”

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The Preschool-Aged and School-Aged Children Present Different Odds of Mortality than Adults in Southern Taiwan: A Cross-Sectional Retrospective Analysis

Peng

Huang

Hsu

et al. 2018

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Background: This study aimed to profile the epidemiology of injury among preschool-aged and school-aged children in comparison to those in adults. Methods: According to the Trauma Registry System of a level I trauma center, the medical data were retrieved from 938 preschool-aged children (aged less than seven years), 670 school-aged children (aged 7–12 years), and 16,800 adults (aged 20–64 years) between 1 January 2009 and 31 December 2016. Two-sided Pearson’s, chi-squared, and Fisher’s exact tests were used to compare categorical data. A one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) with the Games-Howell post-hoc test was used to assess the differences in continuous variables among different groups of patients. The mortality outcomes of different subgroups were assessed by a multivariable regression model under the adjustment of sex, injury mechanisms, and injury severity. Results: InFsupppjury mechanisms in preschool-aged and school-aged children were remarkably different from that in adults; in preschool-aged children, burns were the most common cause of injury requiring hospitalization (37.4%), followed by falls (35.1%) and being struck by/against objects (11.6%). In school-aged children, injuries were most commonly sustained from falls (47.8%), followed by bicycle accidents (14%) and being struck by/against objects (12.5%). Compared to adults, there was no significant difference of the adjusted mortality of the preschool-aged children (AOR = 0.9; 95% CI 0.38–2.12; p = 0.792) but there were lower adjusted odds of mortality of the school-aged children (AOR = 0.4; 95% CI 0.10–0.85; p = 0.039). The school-aged children had lower odds of mortality than adults (OR, 0.2; 95% CI, 0.06–0.74; p = 0.012), but such lower odds of risk of mortality were not found in preschool-aged children (OR, 0.7; 95% CI, 0.29–1.81; p = 0.646). Conclusions: This study suggests that specific types of injuries from different injury mechanisms are predominant among preschool-aged and school-aged children. The school-aged children had lower odds of mortality than adults; nonetheless there was no difference in mortality rates of preschool-aged children than adults, with or without controlling for sex, injury mechanisms and ISS. These results highlight the importance of injury prevention, particularly for preschool-aged children in Southern Taiwan.

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“…Lee et al [17], applied standard negative binomial and zero-inflated negative binomial models to identify the influencing environmental attributes of intersections on crashes involving children aged 10 to12 years of age in Korea near elementary schools. They found that a higher number of student crossings, a wider road width, the presence of crosswalks, student-friendly facilities at the intersection, and four-way intersections were significant and positively associated with perceived crash risk among school-aged children.…”

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Influencing Factors on Vehicle-Pedestrian Crash Severity of School-Aged Pedestrians

Pour¹,

Moridpour²,

Tay³

et al. 2017

WIT Transactions on the Built Environment

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Every year, about 19 percent of vehicle-pedestrian crashes in Melbourne metropolitan area, Australia, involves pedestrians with less than 18 years of age or school-aged pedestrians. This paper aims to identify contributing factors on vehicle-pedestrian crash severity of this age group. Reasonable walking distance to schools is applied in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to identify vehicle-pedestrian crashes around schools. Then Boosted Decision Tree (BDT) and Cross-Validation (CV) technique are applied to explore significant factors. Results show that the distance of pedestrians from school is a significant factor on vehicle-pedestrian crash severity for this age group. This result could assist in identifying safe distance and safe zone around schools. Furthermore, Public health indicators such as income and commuting type from or to school found as other contributing factors to this crash type.

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Association between intersection characteristics and perceived crash risk among school-aged children

Cited by 33 publications

References 53 publications

Objective and Perceived Traffic Safety for Children: A Systematic Literature Review of Traffic and Built Environment Characteristics Related to Safe Travel

Objective and Perceived Traffic Safety for Children: A Systematic Literature Review of Traffic and Built Environment Characteristics Related to Safe Travel

The Preschool-Aged and School-Aged Children Present Different Odds of Mortality than Adults in Southern Taiwan: A Cross-Sectional Retrospective Analysis

Influencing Factors on Vehicle-Pedestrian Crash Severity of School-Aged Pedestrians

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