Urban crash-related child pedestrian injury incidence and characteristics associated with injury severity.

Objective: Describe age-based urban pedestrian versus auto crash characteristics and identify crash characteristics associated with injury severity.

Materials And Methods: Secondary analysis of the 2004-2010 National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration database for Illinois. All persons in Chicago crashes with age data who were listed as pedestrians (n=7175 child age ≤19 yo, n=16,398 adult age ≥20 yo) were included.