School of Occupational and Public Health, Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Inj Prev. 2023 Aug;29(4):363-366. doi: 10.1136/ip-2023-044922. Epub 2023 Jun 19.
Walk Score is a common index used to estimate how suitable the built environment is for walking. Although Walk Score has been extensively validated as a measure of walkability and walking, there are limited studies examining whether commonly used constructs of walkability are associated with traffic safety in children. This study examined the association between Walk Score and child pedestrian injury controlling for observed walking exposure in school zones in Calgary, Toronto and Montreal, Canada. Results indicate that a higher Walk Score was associated with more child pedestrian injuries in all three cities, even after controlling for walking exposure. School travel planning should consider established individual pedestrian collision risk and individual factors rather than assuming a highly walkable environment is also a safe pedestrian environment.
步行评分是一种常用的指标，用于评估建筑环境对步行的适宜程度。虽然步行评分已经被广泛验证为衡量步行能力和步行的指标，但很少有研究探讨步行能力的常用指标是否与儿童交通安全有关。本研究通过在加拿大卡尔加里、多伦多和蒙特利尔的学校区域控制观察到的步行暴露量，调查了步行评分与儿童行人伤害之间的关系。结果表明，在所有三个城市，步行评分越高，儿童行人受伤的风险越大，即使在控制了步行暴露量后也是如此。学校交通规划应考虑到既定的行人个体碰撞风险和个体因素，而不是假设高度适宜步行的环境也是安全的行人环境。
