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Are child pedestrians at increased risk of injury on one-way compared to two-way streets?
OBJECTIVES To compare child pedestrian injury rates on one-way versus two-way streets in Hamilton, and examine whether the characteristics of child pedestrian injuries differ across street types. METHODS The rates of injury per child population, per kilometre, per year were calculated by age, sex and socio-economic status (SES). Child, environment and driver characteristics were investigated ...
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Objective: The objective of the current study was to describe the burden of back-over collisions within the context of other child pedestrian collisions as identified through a pediatric emergency room injury surveillance database. Methods: Injury data for child pedestrian motor vehicle collisions from 1994 to 2003 were obtained from the Canadian Hospitals Injury Reporting and Prevention Progra...
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Victorians have enjoyed substantial reductions in the annual numbers of pedestrians killed after 1989. However, despite these excellent gains, the overall problem remains a serious community concern with nearly 80 persons killed and over 700 persons seriously injured in 1999. A large part of the savings appears due to a general downward trend in Victoria's overall road tool after 1989. Pedestri...
متن کاملSafety education of pedestrians for injury prevention.
BACKGROUND Each year about one million people die and about 10 million are seriously injured on the world's roads. Educational measures to teach pedestrians how to cope with the traffic environment are considered to be an essential component of any prevention strategy, and pedestrian education has been recommended in many countries. However, as resources available for road safety are limited, a...
متن کاملDistracted walking: cell phones increase injury risk for college pedestrians.
INTRODUCTION Distraction on cell phones jeopardizes motor-vehicle driver safety, but few studies examine distracted walking. At particular risk are college students, who walk frequently in and near traffic, have increased pedestrian injury rates compared to other age groups, and frequently use cell phones. METHOD Using an interactive and immersive virtual environment, two experiments studied ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1995
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.310.6990.1334a