In the last two years, Solomonow says there was only
child pedestrian fatality in all of Manhattan.
This high level of involvement is particularly meaningful for child pedestrians as the proportion of
child pedestrian fatalities is significantly high relative to adults,» she adds.
Not exact matches
NHTSA works to prevent injuries and
fatalities for all road users — including
children, teens, older drivers, bicyclists,
pedestrians, and drivers with disabilities.
An Australian study of
child pedestrian backover collisions occurring between 1999 and 2009 found that males were involved in two - thirds of backover crashes that resulted in injuries and nearly three - quarters of backover crashes that resulted in
fatalities.
About the same percentage of
pedestrian fatalities involved
children between the age of five and nine.
Pedestrian males tend to be struck more often than females, and the elderly have a significantly higher
fatality rate than
children do.