CHILDREN IN TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS

CHILDREN WERE INVOLVED IN A SAMPLE OF URBAN TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN AUSTRALIA AS PEDESTRIANS, PEDAL CYCLISTS, AND AS CAR OCCUPANTS. IN ALL THREE CASES, CHILDREN TENDED TO RECEIVE FEWER INJURIES THAN ADULTS. THE DISTRIBUTION OF INJURIES FOR BOTH ADULTS AND CHILDREN WAS SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME--THE HEAD AND LIMBS RECEIVING MANY MORE INJURIES THAN OTHER BODY AREAS. AS PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS, CHILDREN HAD THEIR OWN PATTERNS OF BEHAVIOR DISTINCT FROM ADULTS. CHILDREN INVOLVED AS PEDESTRIANS WERE ALMOST RUNNING INTO THE ROADWAY, WHILE CHILD CYCLISTS WERE CHANGING DIRECTION IN ALMOST EVERY CASE WHEN THEY WERE STRUCK BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. CHILDREN SEATED IN THE FRONT SEAT OF A CAR RECEIVE MORE INJURIES THAN CHILDREN IN THE REAR SEAT. CHILDREN IN EITHER SEAT ARE INJURED LESS OFTEN THAN ADULTS IN THE SAME SEAT. /SRIS/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 44, No 5, PART 2, PP 847-854, 13 TAB, 11 REF
• Corporate Authors:

  Pediatrics

  ,    
• Authors:
  • RYAN, G A
• Publication Date: 1969-11

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Adolescents; Adults; Automobiles; Bicycles; Injuries; Pedestrians; Traffic crashes; Urban transportation; Vehicle occupants
• Old TRIS Terms: Minors
• Subject Areas: Highways; Passenger Transportation; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00220784
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Nat Safety Council Safety Res Info Serv
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 27 1970 12:00AM