Childhood pedestrian injuries: What can changes to the road environment achieve?

Abstract

With the lack of any significant reduction in the mortality rates from pedestrian injury in Western Australia over the past decade, the need for efficacious prevention strategies is paramount. Using data from a case-control study of childhood pedestrian injuries, this study considered the effect on public health of an environmental initiative for prevention. Population-attributable risk proportions were calculated for the variables 'volume of traffic' and 'visual obstacles', which were found to predict the likelihood of pedestrian injury. The results suggest that 41 per cent (95 per cent confidence interval (CI) 13 to 62) of childhood pedestrian injuries can be attributed to volumes of traff..