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Khattak A and Kang Y. 2020. Research on school zone safety. University of Nebraska; Nebraska Department of Transportation, 70 pp. (Nebraska Department of Transportation Research Reports)

Annotation: This study from the Nebraska and US departments of transportation used Nebraska traffic accident data to analyze the effect of active and passive school zones on accident rates. The authors (from the University of Nebraska) used crash data from eighteen schools in Nebraska gathered from 2014-2018 in order to make recommendations on how transportation agencies can establish school zones in ways that will lower accident rates near schools.

Keywords: Nebraska, School zones, Speed, Traffic safety

Children's Safety Network Economics and Insurance Resource Center. 2005. Childhood injury: Cost and prevention facts. Landover, MD: National Public Services Research Institute, Children's Safety Network Economics and Insurance Resource Center, irregular.

Annotation: This fact sheet series present data and analysis on the cost and prevention of childhood injury. Topics include bicycle helmet use, child safety seat use, injury prevention counseling by pediatricians, poison control centers, sobriety checkpoints, and speed limits, Definitions of data types, incidence-based vs. prevalence-based costs, and resource vs. productivity costs are provided. References are also included. [Funded in part by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Adolescents, Anticipatory guidance, Bicycle helmets, Bicycles, Car seats, Children, Costs, Impaired driving, Injury prevention, Mortality, Motor vehicles, Poisoning, Speed, Statistics, Traffic injuries, Unintentional injuries, Young adults
   

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