Does traffic volume affect child pedestrian mortality?
This study aimed to examine the relationship between child pedestrian mortality and traffic volume in New Zealand.
Pedestrian injuries are a leading cause of childhood mortality.' The analysis of trends in pedestrian death rates may provide information on the determinants of the incidence of these injuries.2 We have examined the relation between child pedestrian mortality and traffic volume in New Zealand from 1967 to 1987.
McGee et al. (Sat,) studied this question.