The road most travelled: the geographic distribution of road traffic injuries in England.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Both road safety campaigns and epidemiological research into social differences in road traffic injury risk often assume that road traffic injuries occur close to home. While previous work has examined distance from home to site of collision for child pedestrians in local areas, less is known about the geographic distribution of road traffic injuries from other modes. This study explores the distribution of the distance between home residence and collision site (crash distance) by mode of transport, geographic area, and social characteristics in England.

Methods

Using 10 years of road casualty data collected by the police, we examined the distribution of crash distance by age, sex, injury severity, area deprivation, urban/rural status, year, day of week, and, in L

SUBMITTER: Steinbach R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3680192 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature