A decade of child pedestrian safety in England: a bayesian spatio-temporal analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Child pedestrian injury is a public health and health equality challenge worldwide, including in high-income countries. However, child pedestrian safety is less-understood, especially over long time spans. The intent of this study is to understand factors affecting child pedestrian safety in England over the period 2011-2020.

Methods

We conducted an area-level study using a Bayesian space-time interaction model to understand the association between the number of road crashes involving child pedestrians in English Local Authorities and a host of socio-economic, transport-related and built-environment variables. We investigated spatio-temporal trends in child pedestrian safety in England over the study period and identified high-crash local authorities.

Results</

SUBMITTER: Shoari N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9889245 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature