A thematic review of teenage motor vehicle deaths 2013
Authors: Dr Sarah J Jones, Consultant in Environmental Health Protection, Beverley Heatman, Programme Manager, Child Death Review Programme, Dr Ciarán Humphreys, Consultant in Public Health/Health Intelligence
- All Wales/National
In the pilot phase of the National Child Death Review (CDR) programme, the need for a review of deaths of children and young people in motor vehicles was identified.
The CDR Programme is being re-established in Wales. The aim of the programme is to identify and describe patterns and causes of child death, including any trends, and to recommend actions to reduce the risk of avoidable contributory factors. One of the objectives of the programme is to undertake thematic reviews and make recommendations. This is the first thematic review of the re-established CDR Programme (Public Health Wales 2013a).
Motor vehicle collisions resulting in the death of teenage occupants is a major preventable cause of death among children in Wales. The CDR Programme Annual Report (Public Health Wales 2013b) highlights 375 deaths of external cause among children and young people (age 0-17) registered between 2002 and 2011. Thirty per cent of these (113) were due to road traffic accidents among those (ages 12-17); 56% (63) of which occur as vehicle occupants.
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