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Fatal pedestrian injuries to young children: a different pattern of injury.

Author(s) -

R J Brison,

Kristine G. Wicklund,

Beth A. Mueller

Publication year - 1988

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.78.7.793

Subject(s) - pedestrian , injury prevention , occupational safety and health , poison control , safeguarding , suicide prevention , environmental health , medicine , human factors and ergonomics , medical emergency , truck , pediatrics , demography , forensic engineering , transport engineering , engineering , aerospace engineering , sociology , nursing , pathology

All pedestrian vehicle collision fatalities to children less than 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 less than 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.

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