Child pedestrian casualties and deprivation

Green, James; Muir, Helen; Maher, Michael J.

doi:10.1016/j.aap.2010.10.016

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“…Based on the results, occurrence of traffic accidents pertaining to child pedestrians was higher in areas with high congestion and traffic speed. Various studies including those by Roberts et al in New Zealand (Roberts, Norton, Jackson, Dunn, & Hassall, 1995), Mueller et al in Washington, the United States (Mueller, Rivara, Lii, & Weiss, 1990), Petch and Henson (Petch & Henson, 2000) (Green, Muir, & Maher, 2011) demonstrated similar results. Also, the study of Graham, Glaister and Anderson in the United Kingdom showed that children are more likely to hit where more pedestrian and drivers are active in the street and in dense residential areas that lead to traffic congestion (Graham, Glaister, & Anderson, 2005).…”

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“…The children might be playing there unsupervised in the absence of safe places, sport halls and green spaces. In the study of Green, Muir and Maher in the United Kingdom, the area of domestic gardens was also found to be a significant environmental factor in child pedestrian accidents so that as the area of these spaces decreases, the frequency of child pedestrian casualties increases (Green et al, 2011).…”

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Environmental risk factors contributing to traffic accidents in children: a case-control study

Jamshidi

Moradi

Majdzadeh

2016

International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion

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The aim of this study is to identify environmental risk factors related to road accidents in children of Tehran. This case-control study was performed in 2013. The cases were injured pedestrians aged 5-15 who were admitted to major hospitals supervised by Tehran University of Medical Sciences. The sample size for the cases was 273 and for the control group was 546. For the completeness of the clusters, 7 extra persons in case (total = 280) and 14 persons (total = 560) in control group were included. The interference of confounding variables assessed through forward conditional logistic regression. Result shows occurrence of traffic accidents was significantly associate with the width of the alleys or (<5 m: OR = 8.4, 95% CI: 3.3-21.5; 5-8 m: OR = 4.7, 95% CI: 1.8-12.2), distance from home to school((<100 m: OR = 1.7, 95% CI: 1.0-2.8), existence of parking lot (OR = 1.5, 95% CI: 1.0-2.3), traffic congestion (OR = 4.1, 95% CI: 2.6-6.4), traffic speed (OR = 2.1, 95% CI: 1.3-3.2) and existence of pedestrian bridges(OR = 4.2, 95% CI: 2.6-6.8). In the light of the important role of environmental factors in the occurrence of child traffic accidents, alleviating structural risk factors in addition to education and enforcement need more systematic efforts and planning by policymakers and urban planners to attain pedestrian safety goals.

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Environmental risk factors contributing to traffic accidents in children: a case-control study

Jamshidi

Moradi

Majdzadeh

2016

International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion

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“…In 5 studies, the correlation between frequency of pedestrian traffic crashes and the mentioned independent variables was statistically significant (11-15) and the significance level ranged from P < 0.05 to P < 0.0001. In a study conducted by Green et al (12), the significance level was reported to be higher than that of other studies (P < 0.0001). The statistical population in this study consisted of children less than 17 years of age, and the child population in proportion to the total population (%) was considered to be the independent variable.…”

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“…The statistical population in this study consisted of children less than 17 years of age, and the child population in proportion to the total population (%) was considered to be the independent variable. The direction of correlation was positive in 4 of the retrieved studies (11, 12, 14, 15). In other words, most of these studies showed that frequency of pedestrian traffic increases when there is an increase in the student population or the number of schools.…”

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Spatial Factors Affecting the Frequency of Pedestrian Traffic Crashes: A Systematic Review

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ContextConsidering the importance of pedestrian traffic crashes and the role of environmental factors in the frequency of crashes, this paper aimed to review the published evidence and synthesize the results of related studies for the associations between environmental factors and distribution of pedestrian-vehicular traffic crashes.Evidence AcquisitionWe searched all epidemiological studies from 1966 to 2015 in electronic databases. We found 2,828 studies. Only 15 observational studies out of these studies met the inclusion criteria of the study. The quality of the included studies was assessed using the strengthening the reporting of observational studies in epidemiology (STROBE) checklist.ResultsA review of the studies showed significant correlations between a large number of spatial variables including student population and the number of schools, population density, traffic volume, roadway density, socio-economic status, number of intersections, and the pedestrian volume and the dependent variable of the frequency of pedestrian traffic crashes. In the studies, some spatial factors that play an important role in determining the frequency of pedestrian traffic crashes, such as facilities for increasing the pedestrians’ safety were ignored.ConclusionsIt is proposed that the needed research be conducted at national and regional levels in coordination and cooperation with international organizations active in the field of traffic crashes in various parts of the world, especially in Asian, African and Latin American developing countries, where a greater proportion of pedestrian traffic crashes occur.

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“…Geographical areas characterised by low socioeconomic status and high population density have been found to have a higher incidence of pedestrian RTIs in the USA14–17 and the UK 18. At an individual level, age, male gender, low maternal education and low socioeconomic status have all been found to correlate with pedestrian injury risk 9 10 15–17 19 20.…”

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Risk factors predisposing to pedestrian road traffic injury in children living in Lima, Peru: a case–control study

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Child pedestrian casualties and deprivation

Cited by 29 publications

References 24 publications

Environmental risk factors contributing to traffic accidents in children: a case-control study

Environmental risk factors contributing to traffic accidents in children: a case-control study

Spatial Factors Affecting the Frequency of Pedestrian Traffic Crashes: A Systematic Review

Risk factors predisposing to pedestrian road traffic injury in children living in Lima, Peru: a case–control study

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