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Are Child Pedestrians at Increased Risk of Injury on One-way Compared to Two-way Streets?

Abstract

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 by street type.Results: The injury rate was 2.5 …

Authors

Wazana A; Rynard VL; Raina P; Krueger P; Chambers LW

Journal

Canadian Journal of Public Health, Vol. 91, No. 3, pp. 201–206

Publisher

Springer Nature

Publication Date

May 2000

DOI

10.1007/bf03404272

ISSN

0008-4263