CHILD TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS. AN INVESTIGATION OF ACCIDENT FACTORS

With the aim of examining accident factors in detail, 124 children aged 0-14 years were investigated; these comprised 90,5% of all children in the Odense are a who in 1974 collided with a motor vehicle either as pedestrian or cyclist, and were seen at the Casualty Ward, Odense University Hospital. There were 82 boys and 42 girls, 64 cyclists and 60 pedestrians. 56,6% of accidents occurred in residential areas on roads with light traffic. 58% of bicycle accidents occurred at junctions, 61% of pedestrian accidents on a straight stretch of road. In 76,6% of pedestrian accidents the child suddenly ran out into the road. 42% of accidents occurred on the way home, only 21% occurred on the way from home. 19,8% of accidents involving school-age children occurred on the way to or from school. In 49,2% of accidents the child was accompanied by other children, and only in 10,5% of accidents by an adult. The majority of pedestrians aged 5 or over and the majority of cyclists aged 7 or over had been given permission to go alone in traffic. Playing was found to be a factor in 9,7% of the accidents. The most common accident situation for pedestrians was found to be stepping out in front of or from behind a parked car; for cyclists: left-hand turn in front of oncoming vehicle (Denmark has right-hand traffic). The most important single accident factor was perception-hindering elements: hedges, parked cars, etc., were causal factors in 38,7% of accidents. (TRRL)

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  Almqvist and Wiksell International

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• Authors:
  • Wallin, J A
• Publication Date: 1979

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 143-159
• Serial:
  • Scandinavian Journal of Social Medicine
  • Volume: 7
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Almqvist and Wiksell Periodical Company
  • ISSN: 0300-8037

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Adolescents; Age; Behavior; Children; Crash causes; Crash exposure; Crash investigation; Crashes; Cyclists; Pedestrians; Perception; Residential areas; School children; Traffic crashes; Traffic safety
• Uncontrolled Terms: Causes; Child safety
• Old TRIS Terms: Minors
• ITRD Terms: 1643: Accident; 1757: Age; 9001: Behaviour; 9003: Cause; 1758: Child; 1742: Cyclist; 1733: Pedestrian; 2229: Perception
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors; I81: Accident Statistics; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00322492
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-030 261
• Files: HSL, ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 15 2003 12:00AM