Tolmie, A; Thomson, J; Foot, H; O?Connor, R; Karagiannidou, E; Banks, M; Sarvary, P; ... O'Donnell, C; + view all Tolmie, A; Thomson, J; Foot, H; O?Connor, R; Karagiannidou, E; Banks, M; Sarvary, P; O?Donnell, C; O'Connor, R; O'Donnell, C; - view fewer (2009) Influences on pedestrian risk-taking in young adolescents: the conflicting role of parents and peers. In: Behavioural Research in Road Safety 2007: Seventeenth Seminar. (pp. 215-224). Department for Transport: London, UK.

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Available evidence suggests that, generally speaking, on tests ranging from choice of crossing routes to use of designated crossings, children first approach adult levels of pedestrian skill around the age of 10–12 years (Thomson, Tolmie, Foot & McLaren, 1996; Tolmie, Thomson, Foot, Whelan, Sarvary, Morrison, Towner, Burkes & Wu, 2003). The peak age for pedestrian accidents in the UK occurs after this, however, between 12 and 15 years (Sentinella & Keigan, 2004; Department for Transport, 2005). Why should older children remain so vulnerable when their underlying pedestrian skills and competences have improved? One possibility is that past skills testing has presented an incomplete picture with respect to the development of pedestrian competences, and that adolescents suffer in fact from limitations or lacunae that place them at greater risk. Alternatively, it may be that additional factors emerge around this age to undermine the progress that has been made in skill development. Whichever is the case, it is clear that without a better understanding of the factors at work and how these operate, it is hard to discern what steps might be taken to improve pedestrian vulnerability in this age group.

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