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- Brief Communication Assessing the impact and implications of the revised Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Crimes in preventing child traffic injuries in school zones in Korea: an interrupted time series analysis
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Hong Jin Ku1
, Jin-Hwan Kim2
, Young June Choe3
, Seung Ah Choe1
, Mark R. Zonfrillo4
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Epidemiol Health 2024;46e2024032-0
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih.e2024032
Published online: February 21, 2024
1Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
2Institute of Health and Environment, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
3Department of Pediatrics, Korea University Anam Hospital, Seoul, Korea
4Departments of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
2Institute of Health and Environment, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
3Department of Pediatrics, Korea University Anam Hospital, Seoul, Korea
4Departments of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
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Corresponding author:
Young June Choe,
Email: choey@korea.ac.kr
Received: 20 December 2023 • Accepted: 6 February 2024
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Abstract
In 2019, a child’s death in Korea led to legislation that imposed stricter penalties for school zone traffic violations. We assessed the impact of that legislation using 2017-2022 Traffic Accident Analysis System data. Adjusted analyses revealed a significant decline in severe injuries in school zones, decreasing from 11 cases to 8 cases per month (p=0.017). The legislation correlated with a reduced risk of all child traffic injuries (risk ratio, 0.987; 95% confidence interval, 0.977 to 0.997; p=0.002), indicating its efficacy in curbing accidents.
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