Effectiveness of a Road Traffic Injury Prevention Intervention in Reducing Pedestrian Injuries, Barcelona, Spain, 2002-2019

Overview

Journal Am J Public Health

Specialty Public Health

Date 2023 Feb 23

PMID 36821808

Authors

Katherine Perez

Elena Santamarina-Rubio

Josep Ferrando

Maria Jose Lopez

Llorenc Badiella

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Abstract

This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of the Safe Routes to School (SRTS) intervention in Barcelona, Spain, at reducing the number of road traffic collisions and injuries in the school environment. It was a pre-post, quasi-experimental evaluation with a matched comparison group. Road traffic injuries were significantly reduced in the intervention schools-especially among school-age pedestrians-but not in the comparison schools. The SRTS program significantly improved road safety among children. (. 2023;113(5):495-499. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2022.307216).

Citing Articles

25 years of providing evidence on road safety interventions at the city level.

Perez K, Santamarina-Rubio E, Lopez M, Artazcoz L, Ferrando J, Pastor C Front Public Health. 2025; 12:1463878.

PMID: 39989864 PMC: 11844348. DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1463878.

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