Citation

Roberts IG. Arch. Dis. Child. 1993; 68(2): 190-192.

Affiliation

Department of Community Health, University of Auckland Medical School, New Zealand.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1993, BMJ Publishing Group)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8481041

PMCID

PMC1029232

Abstract

Trends in pedestrian injury mortality for children aged 0-4 and 5-14 for England and Wales, Denmark, Sweden, the USA, and New Zealand were examined from 1968 onwards. While there has been a reduction in the pedestrian mortality in all these countries, there are striking international differences in the extent of these reductions. Denmark has achieved the greatest fall in mortality with the smallest decrease seen in New Zealand. Countries which have experienced major decreases in pedestrian mortality are distinguished by having placed greater emphasis on environmentally based prevention strategies rather than pedestrian skills education.

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