Driveway-related child pedestrian injuries: a case-control study.
OBJECTIVE
To examine risk factors for driveway-related child pedestrian injuries.


METHODS
A community based case-control study.


METHODS
The Auckland region of New Zealand.


METHODS
Cases (n = 53) were children killed or hospitalized as a result of a driveway-related pedestrian injury, in the Auckland region over a period of 2 years and 2 months. Controls (n = 159) were an age-matched random sample of the child population of the Auckland region.


RESULTS
The absence of physical separation of the driveway from the children's play area was associated with a threefold increase in the risk of driveway-related child pedestrian injury (OR = 3.50; 95% CI 1.38, 8.92). Children living in homes with shared driveways were also at significantly increased risk (OR = 3.24; 95% CI 1.22, 8.63). The population attributable risk associated with the absence of physical separation of the driveway from the children's play area was 50.0% (95% CI 24.7, 75.3).


CONCLUSIONS
The fencing of residential driveways as a strategy for the prevention of driveway-related child pedestrian injuries deserves further attention.
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Injury Prevention Research Center, University of Auckland, New Zealand.
Norton
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Jackson
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D000061:Accidents, Home / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009520:New Zealand / Q000453:epidemiology; D010988:Play and Playthings; D012307:Risk Factors; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*