Cause, contributing factors, and mention of preventive measures in newspaper reports involving children and adolescents < 21 years (n=342); values are number (%)
| Injury cause | Prevention measures | |
|---|---|---|
| Motor vehicle occupant | 204 (59.6) | |
| Vehicles and property damage | 65 (31.9) | |
| Road and weather conditions | 9 (4.4) | |
| Type of collision and collision sequence | 157 (77.0) | |
| Driver alcohol use | 6 (2.9) | |
| Seat belt use | 19 (9.3) | |
| Airbag mentioned | 1 (0.5) | |
| Motorcycle | 17 (5.0) | |
| Collision and collision sequence | 13 (76.5) | |
| Helmet use | 5 (29.4) | |
| Alcohol use | 0 | |
| Bicycle | 44 (12.9) | |
| Collision and collision sequence | 32 (72.7) | |
| Helmet use | 9 (20.5) | |
| Alcohol use | 2 (4.5) | |
| House fires | 16 (4.7) | |
| Cause | 10 (62.5) | |
| Smoke detector | 2 (12.5) | |
| Backyard pool drowning | 8 (2.3) | |
| Pool fencing | 1 (12.5) | |
| Supervision | 0 | |
| Childhood poisoning | 1 (0.3) | |
| Location of stored poison | 1 (100.0) | |
| Poison centre notified | 0 | |
| Falls: child falling out of window | 7 (2.0) | |
| Window guard | 0 | |
| Falls: child falling downstairs | 5 (1.5) | |
| Safety gates | 0 | |
| Unintentional firearms | 2 (0.6) | |
| Location of stored gun/ammunition | 0 | |
| Use of safety devices (for example, trigger locks) | 0 | |
| All other causes | 36 (10.5) |