To analyse the relationships between factors related to school location and motor vehicle versus child pedestrian collisions.
Data on all police-reported motor vehicle collisions involving pedestrians less than 18 years of age that occurred in Toronto, Canada, between 2000 and 2005 were analysed. Geographic information systems (GIS) software was used to assess the distance of each collision relative to school location. The relationships between distance from school and collision-related factors such as temporal patterns of school travel times and crossing locations were analysed.
Study data showed a total of 2717 motor vehicle versus child (