Preventing pediatric pedestrian injuries.
Pedestrian-related crashes cause an estimated 1.2 million deaths and 50 million injuries worldwide. There were 32,590 nonfatal injuries reported among children 0 to 14 years of age in the United States in 2006. The incidence of pedestrian injuries seems to be decreasing due to improvements in trauma care and a nationwide decline in walking. This article is a special communication and overview of selected literature regarding efforts to decrease the frequency of pediatric pedestrian trauma. WalkSafe an elementary school-based pedestrian injury prevention program will be discussed as an example of a program that has been able to demonstrate a decrease in injuries in children.
DeWitt Daughtry Family and Department of Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA. GHotz@med.miami.edu
Gillian
G
Hotz
Amy
A
Kennedy
Khaleeq
K
Lutfi
Stephen M
SM
Cohn
D000056:Accident Prevention / Q000379:methods*; D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000293:Adolescent; D017677:Age Distribution; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D015601:Injury Severity Score; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors; D017751:Safety Management; D017678:Sex Distribution; D016019:Survival Analysis; D014481:United States; D016138:Walking / Q000293:injuries*