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CHILD ACCIDENTS en route TO AND FROM SCHOOL

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CHILD ACCIDENTS EN ROUTE TO AND FROM SCHOOL

Colin Buchanan and Partners

Scottish Executive Central Research Unit 2002

CONTENTS

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION
THE COMMISSION
STUDY AIM AND OBJECTIVES
TRAVEL TO SCHOOL MODE SHARE - DTLR
TRAVEL TO SCHOOL MODE SHARE - SCOTTISH EXECUTIVE
CHAPTER TWO DATA COLLECTION
SUMMARY OF PROCESS
STATS RECORDS
DEFINITION OF SCHOOLDAYS
DEFINITION OF SCHOOL TRAVEL HOURS
SCHOOL DAY AND TRAVEL HOUR ASSUMPTIONS V CODED STATS INFORMATION
ACCIDENT STORIES
RETURN OF ACCIDENT STORIES
CODING THE STORIES
COMPLETION OF DATA COLLECTION
CHAPTER THREE DATA ANALYSIS
TARGET CASUALTIES
EXTENT OF PROBLEM WHERE BUSES ARE INVOLVED
ALIGHTING/BOARDING BY TYPE OF BUS INVOLVED
DISTRIBUTION OF CASUALTIES BY JOURNEY TO AND FROM SCHOOL AND BY ALIGHTING/BOARDING
PATTERNS IN THE NATURE OF CHILD PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENTS WHERE
A BUS IS INVOLVED
DISTRIBUTION BY AGE, SCHOOL YEAR AND SEX
CHAPTER FOUR MAIN FINDINGS
OVERVIEW
EXTENT OF BUS INVOLVEMENT IN CHILD PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENTS
ALIGHTING/BOARDING BY TYPE OF BUS INVOLVED
DISTRIBUTION OF CASUALTIES BY JOURNEY TO AND FROM
SCHOOL AND BY ALIGHTING/BOARDING
DISTRIBUTION OF TARGET CASUALTIES BY LOCAL AUTHORITY AREA
OTHER SITE- SPECIFIC FACTORS
DISTRIBUTION BY AGE, SCHOOL YEAR AND SEX
CHAPTER FIVE CONCLUSIONS
IN SUPPORT OF ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE
KEY ISSUES