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Child road safety in rural areas: literature review and commentary (No.32)

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Table of contents

  • Summary
  • Background
  • Road Accidents amongst Children in Rural Areas
  • Policy and Interventions
  • Gaps in Research
  • Further Research for Policy Development
  • Chapter 1
    Introduction
  • 1.1 Background and Objectives
  • 1.2 Methodology
  • 1.3 Structure of Report
  • Chapter 2
    Rural Definition
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 Evidence from the literature
  • Chapter 3
    Accidents amongst Children onRural Roads
  • 3.1 Published Accident Research on Rural Safety
  • 3.2 Child Rural Accident Analysis
  • 3.3 Trends in Child Casualties
  • 3.4 Child Casualties in Built-up and non built-up Areas
  • 3.5 Comparisons between Child and Adult Casualties in NonBuilt-up Areas
  • Chapter 4
    Childrens Exposure to Risk in Rural Areas
  • 4.1 Exposure Evidence in the Literature
  • 4.2 Child Pedestrian Exposure and Accident Survey
  • Chapter 5
    Rural Road Safety Policy Initiativesand Interventions
  • 5.1 Policy Initiatives
  • 5.2 Rural Road Safety Interventions
  • 5.3 Local Authority Policy and Strategy
  • Education
  • Education and Training
  • Journey to School/Green Travel
  • Engineering
  • Enforcement
  • Evaluation
  • Chapter 6
    Conclusions
  • 6.1 Key Findings
  • Summary of Issues and Evidence
  • 6.2 Further Research for Policy Development
  • References
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