INVOLVEMENT OF SCHOOL CHILDREN IN TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS. AN INQUIRY

ENKAETUNDERSOEKNING OM TRAFIKOLYCKOR BLAND SKOLBARNEN

The aim of this report is to investigate the involvement of school children in traffic accidents. 2057 pupils filled in a questionnaire. 266 (12,9%) of them had at least once been involved in an accident. Results show that (1) the most accident prone ages are 9-11, (2) the accident rate has increased compared to 1979 and 1980, (3) boys are more often involved in accidents than girls, (4) most of the accidents occur in leisure time and in daylight and (5) legs, arms and heads are the parts of the body most frequently injured, except for car passengers where head injuries dominate. Remarkably many boys have been involved in a moped accident before they were 15 years old, ie before they are allowed to drive mopeds. (TRRL)

• Corporate Authors:

  Skara Kommun

  Trafiksaekerhetsnaemnden, P.O. Box 33
  Skara,   Sweden 
• Publication Date: 1982

Language

• Swedish

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 38 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Adolescents; Age; Children; Crash rates; Crashes; Cyclists; Females; High risk drivers; Injuries; Males; Moped drivers; Mopeds; Pedestrians; School children; Schools; Statistics; Traffic crashes; Traffic safety
• Uncontrolled Terms: Causes; Child safety
• Geographic Terms: Sweden
• ITRD Terms: 1643: Accident; 2279: Accident proneness; 1748: Adolescent; 1757: Age; 9003: Cause; 1758: Child; 1742: Cyclist; 2163: Injury; 1787: Man; 1752: Motorcyclist; 1733: Pedestrian; 101: School; 6555: Statistics; 8109: Sweden; 1788: Woman
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Education and Training; Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors; I81: Accident Statistics;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00376122
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Monograph
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 30 1983 12:00AM