title: Child pedestrian injury: a population-based collision and injury severity profile.
abstract: Linked multiple data sources were analyzed to provide a population-based collision and injury severity profile among pedestrians under 20 years of age struck by a motor vehicle during 1986-1987 in Hartford, Connecticut. Data sources included police accident reports, medical examiner records, and hospital charts. There were 234 motor vehicle-pedestrian collisions reported to the police in the study period. Of these, 213 were Hartford residents resulting in an annual age-specific pedestrian collision rate of 22.8 per 10,000 persons. A spot map of collision location reveals several well-defined geographic areas, which includes nearly half (45%) of the motor vehicle-pedestrian collisions. We reviewed 143 of 192 medical charts (75%) and 6 medical examiner records. The case fatality rate was 4.2% and the mean Injury Severity Score was 4.4. These findings will be useful for designing, implementing, and evaluating a targeted child pedestrian safety program.
authors.affiliation: Connecticut Childhood Injury Prevention Center, Hartford 06115.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lapidus
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Braddock
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Banco
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Montenegro
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hight
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Eanniello
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003237:Connecticut / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D015601:Injury Severity Score; D008297:Male; D016138:Walking