TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2023//
TI  - Built environment influence on the incidence of elderly pedestrian collisions in a medium-large city in southern Brazil: a spatial analysis
JO  - International journal of injury control and safety promotion
A1  - da Silva, Mariana Teixeira
A1  - Iora, Pedro Henrique
A1  - Massago, Miyoko
A1  - Dutra, Amanda de Carvalho
A1  - Gabella, Júlia Loverde
A1  - Silva, Lincoln Luís
A1  - Carignano, Fernanda Shizue Nishida
A1  - de Souza, Eniuce Menezes
A1  - Obale, Armstrong Mbi
A1  - Vissoci, Joao Ricardo Nickenig
A1  - Joiner, Anjni Patel
A1  - Staton, Catherine Ann
A1  - Nihei, Oscar Kenji
A1  - de Andrade, Luciano
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - Trauma disproportionately affects vulnerable road users, especially the elderly. We analyzed the spatial distribution of elderly pedestrians struck by vehicles in the urban area of Maringa city, from 2014 to 2018. Hotspots were obtained by kernel density estimation and wavelet analysis. The relationship between spatial relative risks (RR) of elderly run-overs and the built environment was assessed through Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA). Incidents were more frequent in the central and southeast regions of the city, where the RR was up to 2.58 times higher. The QCA test found a significant association between elderly pedestrian victims and the presence of traffic lights, medical centers/hospitals, roundabouts and schools. There is an association between higher risk of elderly pedestrians collisions and specific elements of built environments in Maringa, providing fundamental data to help guide public policies to improve urban mobility aimed at protecting vulnerable road users and planning an age-friendly city.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1745-7300
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17457300.2023.2204503
ID  - ref1
ER  -