Abstract
The characteristics of child pedestrian accidents in the ten areas of the West Midlands districts where these accidents are most heavily concentrated are investigated. The data show that these accidents are common in inner areas, between 3- 6 pm, in summer months and, compared with a control area, a relatively large number of the casualties are in the 0- 4 and 5- 9 years age range and involve parked cars. Census and other data are used to study and identify the charac- teristics of these areas, the relative risk to those involved compared with risk in a control group and who education, training and publicity should be targeted at.