Area-Wide Traffic-Calming Zone 30 Policy of Japan and Incidence of Road Traffic Injuries Among Cyclists and Pedestrians

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ID11032785
AuthorsHaruhiko Inada (0000-0002-4743-3028, Haruhiko Inada is with the Johns Hopkins International Injury Research Unit, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD. Jun Tomio is with the Department of Public Health, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan. Shinji Nakahara is with the Graduate School of Health Innovation, Kanagawa University of Human Services, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan. Masao Ichikawa is with the Department of Global Public Health, Faculty of...), Jun Tomio (0000-0002-4686-0992, Haruhiko Inada is with the Johns Hopkins International Injury Research Unit, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD. Jun Tomio is with the Department of Public Health, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan. Shinji Nakahara is with the Graduate School of Health Innovation, Kanagawa University of Human Services, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan. Masao Ichikawa is with the Department of Global Public Health, Faculty of...), Shinji Nakahara (0000-0001-7243-4797, Haruhiko Inada is with the Johns Hopkins International Injury Research Unit, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD. Jun Tomio is with the Department of Public Health, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan. Shinji Nakahara is with the Graduate School of Health Innovation, Kanagawa University of Human Services, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan. Masao Ichikawa is with the Department of Global Public Health, Faculty of...), Masao Ichikawa (0000-0002-2015-2883, Haruhiko Inada is with the Johns Hopkins International Injury Research Unit, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD. Jun Tomio is with the Department of Public Health, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan. Shinji Nakahara is with the Graduate School of Health Innovation, Kanagawa University of Human Services, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan. Masao Ichikawa is with the Department of Global Public Health, Faculty of...)
Year2020
Volume110
Issue2
Pages237-243
Publication date2020-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2019.305404
PMID31855486
OpenAlexW2995619461
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited21

Objectives. To quantify the impact of the “Zone 30” policy introduced in September 2011 on the incidence of cyclist and pedestrian injuries in Japan. Methods. This was an interrupted time-series study. We used the data of cyclist and pedestrian injuries recorded by the Japanese police between 2005 and 2016. We evaluated the monthly number of deaths and serious injuries per person-time on narrow roads (width Results. There were 266 939 deaths and serious injuries. By 2016, the cumulative changes in the rate ratio spanned from −0.26 to −0.046, depending on sex and age, and an estimated number of 1704 (95% confidence interval = 1293, 2198) injuries were prevented. Conclusions. The policy had a large preventive impact on cyclist and pedestrian deaths and serious injuries at the national level

Confidence interval · Cumulative incidence · Environmental health · Incidence (geometry) · Injury prevention · Interrupted time series · Occupational safety and health · Pedestrian · Poison control · Rate ratio · Road traffic · Suicide prevention · Transport engineering · Demography · Engineering · Injury Epidemiology and Prevention · Medicine · Surgery · Traffic and Road Safety · Urban Transport and Accessibility

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