Child pedestrian fatality rates by striking vehicle body type : a comparison of passenger cars, sport utility vehicles, pickups, and vans.

NHTSA’s National Center for Statistics and Analysis (NCSA) recently completed an examination of data from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) comparing pedes-trian fatality rates for the two five-year time periods of 1992-1996 and 1997-2001. Rates were stratified according to the body type of the striking vehicle. This research note focuses on child pedestrian fatalities, examining the age groups 0-3, 4-7, and 8-15 years old. The age group of 16 years and older is included for the purpose of comparison. From 1992 through 2001, a total of 6679 pedestrian fatalities occurred among children aged 0-15 years old. This number represents 12.6 percent of all pedestrian fatalities over that ten-year time period. (Author/publisher)