Traffic calming, childhood pedestrian injury inequality and politics.

Author(s)
Lyons, R.A.
Year
Abstract

Studies from several universities were investigated to see whether interventions to reduce inequalities in childhood injury rates are effective. Given the fairly widespread adoption of traffic calming by local authorities, the first study was designed to see if there was social equity in the provision of this preventive intervention. Pedestrian injuries among children aged 4-16 were considered at electoral ward level in two cities. One city had invested much more extensively in traffic calming than the other and had particularly focused this work in the most deprived areas, leading to a substantial decrease in pedestrian injuries in this city compared with the other. The reasons for the differing distribution of traffic calming measures in the two cities is explored, including the influence of the councillors representing deprived wards. For the covering abstract see ITRD E157496

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C 43720 (In: C 43716 [electronic version only]) /83 /80 / ITRD E157500
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In: Behavioural research in road safety 2005 : proceedings of the fifteenth seminar on behavioural research in road safety, November 2005, p. 36-40, 14 ref.

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