Roberts I
Department of Community Health, University of Auckland, New Zealand.
BMJ. 1993 Jun 26;306(6894):1737-9. doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6894.1737.
Pedestrian injuries are a leading cause of childhood mortality and disability. Over the past two decades in Britain child pedestrian death rates have fallen despite large increases in traffic volume. In this paper Roberts examines the likely reasons for this decline. He argues that neither prevention programmes nor improvements in medical care are a plausible explanation and that the decline is most likely the result of a substantial reduction in children's traffic exposure. He believes, however, that restricting children's traffic exposure exacerbates socioeconomic differentials in childhood mortality and denies children their right to mobility. Roberts is convinced that one answer is for British transport policy to be aimed at providing mobility equitably rather than struggling to meet the ever increasing demands of car travel.
行人受伤是儿童死亡和残疾的主要原因。在过去二十年里，英国的儿童行人死亡率尽管交通流量大幅增加，但仍有所下降。在本文中，罗伯茨探讨了这一下降的可能原因。他认为预防计划和医疗护理的改善都不是合理的解释，下降最有可能是儿童交通暴露大幅减少的结果。然而，他认为限制儿童的交通暴露会加剧儿童死亡率方面的社会经济差异，并剥夺儿童的行动权。罗伯茨坚信，一个解决办法是英国的交通政策应旨在公平地提供出行便利，而不是努力满足汽车出行不断增长的需求。
