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- Title
Fatal Pedestrian Injuries to Young Children: A Different Pattern of Injury.
- Authors
Brison, Robert J.; Wicklund, Kristne; Mueller, Beth A.
- Abstract
Abstract: All pedestrian vehicle collision fatalities to children < five years of age in Washington State were evaluated for a five-year period using State death certificates, coroners' reports, and police records. Although the majority of pedestrian fatalities to older children have been shown to be due to "dart-outs" into traffic with the child being struck by an oncoming car, pedestrian fatality incident for children < five tended to occur when the child was backed over in the home driveway by the family van or light truck driven by a parent. Prevention of pedestrian injuries in this age group requires strategies aimed at safeguarding the driveway and reassessing the safety of light trucks and vans as family vehicles. INSET: Hopkins Computer Model Shows Savings of Smoking Cessation....
- Subjects
WASHINGTON (D.C.); PEDESTRIAN accidents; TRAFFIC fatalities; PEDESTRIANS; CHILD death; TRAFFIC accidents; CITY traffic; TRAFFIC safety; PASSERSBY
- Publication
American Journal of Public Health, 1988, Vol 78, Issue 7, p793
- ISSN
0090-0036
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2105/AJPH.78.7.793