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Non‐traffic child pedestrian injuries
Author(s) -
ROBERTS I.,
KOLBE A.,
WHITE J.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal of paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1440-1754
pISSN - 1034-4810
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1754.1993.tb00494.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pedestrian , coroner , injury prevention , poison control , occupational safety and health , suicide prevention , medical emergency , human factors and ergonomics , road traffic , pediatrics , emergency medicine , transport engineering , pathology , engineering
All non‐traffic child pedestrian deaths and injuries resulting in hospitalization in the Auckland region over a 5 year period were identified from coroner's and hospital records. There were eight deaths (0.77/1 children per year) and 91 hospital admissions (8.7/1 children per year). Close to half (48%) of the non‐traffic pedestrian injury admissions had been misclassified as traffic pedestrian injuries. Eighty‐seven per cent of the non‐traffic pedestrian injury deaths and 93% of the injuries occurred in residential driveways, most often involving a child run over by a reversing vehicle. Further studies are required to determine the most effective strategies for the prevention of non‐traffic child pedestrian injuries.