Epidemiol Health.
2024;46(1):e2024032. 10.4178/epih.e2024032.
Assessing the impact and implications of the revised Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Crimes in preventing child traffic injuries in school zones in Korea: an interrupted time series analysis
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- 1Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
- 2Institute of Health and Environment, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
- 3Department of Pediatrics, Korea University Anam Hospital, Seoul, Korea
- 4Departments of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
- KMID: 2555551
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.4178/epih.e2024032
Abstract
- In 2019, a child’s death in Korea led to legislation that imposed stricter penalties for school zone traffic violations. We assessed the impact of that legislation using 2017-2022 Traffic Accident Analysis System data. Adjusted analyses revealed a significant decline in severe injuries in school zones, decreasing from 11 cases to 8 cases per month (p=0.017). The legislation correlated with a reduced risk of all child traffic injuries (risk ratio, 0.987; 95% confidence interval, 0.977 to 0.997; p=0.002), indicating its efficacy in curbing accidents.
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