Vulnerable child pedestrians in rapidly motorizing developing countries

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Vulnerable child pedestrians in rapidly motorizing developing countries Desapriya, Ediriweera; Turcotte, Kate; Fernando, Eshani; Pike, Ian

Abstract

Commentary piece. Child pedestrian safety is especially critical in rapidly motorizing countries. Such countries generally lack the resources to physically separate vulnerable road users from motorized traffic. Pedestrians, cyclists, rickshaw operators, and moped users still represent the majority of road users in such countries. Yet, there are often no sidewalks or bicycle paths, and where such amenities do exist, they tend to be heavily obstructed by trees, trash, drainage ditches, and vendors. Children in developing countries are 6 times more likely to die in a motor vehicle crash than their counterparts in developed nations.

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Title	Vulnerable child pedestrians in rapidly motorizing developing countries
Creator	Desapriya, Ediriweera; Turcotte, Kate; Fernando, Eshani; Pike, Ian
Contributor	B.C. Injury Research and Prevention Unit; Children's Hospital (Vancouver, B.C.)
Publisher	Elsevier
Date Issued	2012
Description	Commentary piece. Child pedestrian safety is especially critical in rapidly motorizing countries. Such countries generally lack the resources to physically separate vulnerable road users from motorized traffic. Pedestrians, cyclists, rickshaw operators, and moped users still represent the majority of road users in such countries. Yet, there are often no sidewalks or bicycle paths, and where such amenities do exist, they tend to be heavily obstructed by trees, trash, drainage ditches, and vendors. Children in developing countries are 6 times more likely to die in a motor vehicle crash than their counterparts in developed nations.
Subject	Children and youth (0-19); Road injury; Injury inequities
Genre	Article
Type	Text
Language	eng
Date Available	2021-12-08
Provider	Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI	10.14288/1.0404519
URI	http://hdl.handle.net/2429/80408
Affiliation	Pediatrics, Department of; Medicine, Faculty of; Other UBC; Non UBC
Publisher DOI	10.1016/j.jen.2012.05.026
Peer Review Status	Reviewed
Scholarly Level	Faculty; Researcher
Rights URI	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Aggregated Source Repository	DSpace

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