Pedestrian injuries in school-attending children: a comparison of injury data sources in a low-income setting

Abstract

Pedestrian injury rates differed significantly between different data sources. Users must be aware of the different target populations, definitions, and limitations of the data sources before direct comparisons are made. Injury reports by volunteer teachers may be a feasible source of injury data in other low/middle-income countries.

Urban crash-related child pedestrian injury incidence and characteristics associated with injury severity

“…It is also lower than that found by authors a decade ago in New York City but higher than rates found in other locales (DiMaggio and Durkin, 2002;Chakravarthy et al, 2012;Rivara and Barber, 1985;Lee et al, 2009). These differences may reflect variation in local regulations or enforcement, road design, fleet characteristics, weather conditions, and pedestrian behavior.…”

State of pedestrian road safety in Uganda: a qualitative study of existing interventions

“…There is growing recognition of the road traffic injury burden in Uganda [8][9][10][11] . As a result, substantial research has been generated on RTI determinants [12][13][14] , estimation of pedestrian injury burden [15][16][17] , the road traffic injury distribution 18 and road safety measures [19][20][21] . However, there is a dearth of research on understanding why pedestrian injuries and death continue.…”