Disadvantaged people and communities that experience a variety of poorer outcomes and policies at all levels increasingly seek to address such inequalities. Pedestrian road traffic injuries provide an example of this familiar pattern, and the issue has rightly been identified as an area requiring strategic intervention. This paper explores what we know about road traffic injury and disadvantage, and also what is not yet known. It begins by outlining how deprivation is measured and the problems this presents; it goes on to describe in detail the links between deprivation and road traffic injury. It outlines those interventions that have been shown to be effective in reducing pedestrian injuries and discusses the topics that need to be addressed by future research. The paper concludes by summarising the key messages and makes recommendations for an integrated approach. For the covering abstract see ITRD E0903020.
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