Pediatric traffic injuries on halloween in the united kingdom: Prevalence and injury severity

Hsu, Li-Min and Wiratama, Bayu Satria and Chen, Ping-Ling and Saleh, Wafaa and Lin, Hui-An and Pai, Chih-Wei (2021) Pediatric traffic injuries on halloween in the united kingdom: Prevalence and injury severity. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18 (17). ISSN 16617827

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Abstract

The study results serve as a reminder for parents, children, and drivers to be alert to the danger of traffic crashes on Halloween. The aim of this study was to examine whether Halloween is associated with a higher incidence of traffic injuries and whether traffic injuries sustained on Halloween are more severe than those sustained on other days. The U.K. STATS19 database, including the data of all road traffic crashes occurring from 1990 to 2017, was employed. A total of 73,587 pediatric traffic casualties (involving pedestrians, cyclists, and moped riders) were included. Between 17:00 and 19:00 (17:00~18:59) on Halloween, the number of casualties was higher than that on other public holidays and usual days. The logistic regression model revealed that, between 17:00 and 18:00 (17:00~17:59), the risk of being killed or seriously injured on Halloween was 34.2 higher (odds ratio = 1.342; 95 CI = 1.065–1.692) than that on other days. Pediatric crashes occurring on Halloween are associated with a higher number of injuries and increased injury severity. © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: Cited by: 1; All Open Access, Gold Open Access
Uncontrolled Keywords: Accidents, Traffic; Child; Humans; Motorcycles; Pedestrians; Prevalence; United Kingdom; Wounds and Injuries; United Kingdom; accident; culture; injury; regression analysis; road traffic; adolescent; Article; child; concussion; crush fracture; cyclist; female; fracture; hospitalization; human; injury severity; major clinical study; male; motorcycle; pedestrian; prevalence; risk factor; rural area; shock; traffic accident; urban area; weather; injury; pedestrian; prevalence; traffic accident; United Kingdom
Subjects: R Medicine > RP Public Health and Nutrition
Divisions: Faculty of Medicine, Public Health and Nursing > Biomedical Sciences
Depositing User: Sri JUNANDI
Date Deposited: 03 Oct 2024 03:18
Last Modified: 03 Oct 2024 03:18
URI: https://ir.lib.ugm.ac.id/id/eprint/4039

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