Traffic calming, childhood pedestrian injury inequality and politics
Studies from several universities were investigated to see whether interventions to reduce inequalities in childhood injury rates are effective. Given the fairly widespread adoption of traffic calming by local authorities, the first study was designed to see if there was social equity in the provision of this preventive intervention. Pedestrian injuries among children aged 4-16 were considered at electoral ward level in two cities. One city had invested much more extensively in traffic calming than the other andhad particularly focussed this work in the most deprived areas, leading to a substantial decrease in pedestrian injuries in this city compared withthe other. The reasons for the differing distribution of traffic calming measures in the two cities is explored, including the influence of the councillors representing deprived wards. For the covering abstract see ITRD E157496
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Authors:
- LYONS, R A
- Publication Date: 2005
Language
- English
Media Info
- Pagination: 36-40
- Monograph Title: Work-related road safety: age, length of service and changes in crash risk
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Serial:
- BEHAVIOURAL RESEARCH IN ROAD SAFETY 2005 - FIFTEENTH SEMINAR
- Publisher: Department for Transport, England
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Administration; Children; Conferences; Health; Injuries; Pedestrians; Prevention; Safety; Traffic restraint
- ITRD Terms: 1661: Accident prevention; 155: Administration; 1758: Child; 8525: Conference; 9136: Equity; 2144: Health; 2163: Injury; 1733: Pedestrian; 633: Traffic restraint
- Subject Areas: Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors; I80: Accident Studies; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor; I85: Safety Devices used in Transport Infrastructure;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01220406
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: TRL
- ISBN: 1-904763-61-8
- Files: ITRD
- Created Date: Oct 27 2010 10:08AM