Examining the Effect of Pedestrian Crashes on Vulnerable Populations in North Carolina | Zendy

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Examining the Effect of Pedestrian Crashes on Vulnerable Populations in North Carolina

Author(s) -

Katherine Harmon,

Katherine Peticolas,

Erika M. Redding,

Amy Ising,

Anna E. Waller

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

north carolina medical journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2379-4313

pISSN - 0029-2559

DOI - 10.18043/ncm.82.4.237

Subject(s) - pedestrian , crash , emergency department , population , medicine , poison control , demography , injury prevention , occupational safety and health , medical emergency , suicide prevention , ethnic group , geography , environmental health , gerontology , psychiatry , archaeology , pathology , sociology , computer science , anthropology , programming language

Over the last several years, pedestrian fatalities have increased in North Carolina; however, fatalities represent a small proportion of the total number of nonfatally injured pedestrians. Therefore, we linked statewide motor vehicle crash (MVC) and emergency department (ED) visit data to better understand the circumstances and characteristics of pedestrians treated in North Carolina emergency departments (EDs) for injuries related to crashes.

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