Crossing busy city roads by pedistrian school-bound children: how vulnerable they remain for fatal RTAS in Bangladesh

Background Globally, Road-Traffic Accident (RTA)-induced injuries remain the second leading cause of death in 5–14 years old children. Contrary to safeguarding child's right, RTA constitutes a veritable epidemic among the pedestrian-children, two-third of which occurs in south-east-Asia. We rep...

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Published in:Injury prevention 2012-10, Vol.18 (Suppl 1), p.A106-A107
Main Authors: Kazi Selim, Anwar, Hossain, Mollah Abid, Kumar, SenGupta Pradip, Reaz, Monowar Syed, Ayesha, Begum, Ali, Molla Azaher, Nazmun, Nahar
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Children
Injuries
Police
Roads
Traffic accidents & safety
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Summary:Background Globally, Road-Traffic Accident (RTA)-induced injuries remain the second leading cause of death in 5–14 years old children. Contrary to safeguarding child's right, RTA constitutes a veritable epidemic among the pedestrian-children, two-third of which occurs in south-east-Asia. We report here the risky practices of reckless-road-crossing among school-children in Bangladesh, being vulnerable and resource constraint. Purpose To explore practices and compliances of road safety and traffic-rules/regulations by the pedestrian school-bound children while crossing busy city-roads. Methods Total 148 purposively selected school-bound children were studied cross-sectionally while crossing busy-roads adjacent to nine randomly-selected school-fringes in Dhaka city using a structured questionnaire. Outcome Of these school-bound children (mean age: 9.6±2.4 years), majority (87%) were found to run-off busy city-roads showing no difference in age-groups (p=0.122) or sex (p=0.164). School-girls were accompanied by mothers (75%) more than school-boys (25%) (p
ISSN:1353-8047
1475-5785
DOI:10.1136/injuryprev-2012-040590d.33