Pedestrian Safety Among High School Runners: A Case Series.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Participation in high school cross-country and track has increased over the last few decades. At the same time, the rate of pedestrian-involved motor vehicle crashes (MVCs) has also increased. In the context of organized sport, pedestrian safety among runners is often not highlighted, despite the risk of catastrophic injury.

Purpose

To describe incidents of pedestrian-involved MVCs involving student athletes captured by the National Center for Catastrophic Sport Injury Research (NCCSIR) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Study design

Case series.

Level of evidence

Level 5.

Methods

This study utilized surveillance data from the NCCSIR from 2011 to 2020. It presents descriptive statistics, including frequencies and percentages,

SUBMITTER: Shore E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10467471 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep-Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature