Child Pedestrian Hit By Car
A Child’s Age Makes a injury Difference in Car Accidents Where the Child is a Pedestrian.
A child’s age can make a difference in what happens to the child in a car accident where the child is hit as a pedestrian while crossing the street.
The height of the leading edge of the bumper and leading edge of the hood are where the most injuries happen, and therefore the height and age of the child matter the most in these accidents.
Femur bone injuries are most common leg injuries in younger children, and as children age, tibia-fibula injuries become more common. If there is not fracture to the Femur bone, it may still have been forceful enough to harm the knee.
A child’s height and the way the car’s bumper and hood are in terms of their height, along with the speed of the car, are some of the key factors in determining if a child is run over or scooped up and tossed upon the hood.
While a child’s height and therefore their age may make a difference in a car-pedestrian accident to a child, pelvic injuries do not appear to have the same difference, possibly because the pelvis is mostly in between the hood edge and the bumper edge. This is also why pediatric pelvic injuries are less frequently seen in accidents where a child is hit by a car.
There are accident reconstruction experts and experts in the motions of bodies in accidents, called bio mechanical engineers, who are consulted with to understand how the accident happened to have caused particular injuries.
