Avtor/Urednik		Žlender, Bojan
Naslov		Otrok v prometu
Prevedeni naslov		Child in traffic
Tip		članek
Vir		Zdrav Vars
Vol. in št.		Letnik 38, št. 3-4
Leto izdaje		1999
Obseg		str. 95-103
Jezik		slo
Abstrakt		Preschool children are often victims of traffic when participating as passengers in vehicles and pedestrians resp. when playing on scarsely assigned surfaces close to their homes, which are often occupied by cars. Although the number of victims decreased from the year 1970 when 32 preschool children died in traffic accidents to 2 fatal casualties in the year 1997, we cannot maintain that their safety is good as long as there will be one sole fatal casualty or severely injured with permanent consequences. Such a task and aim are realizable. Children participate in traffic only as passengers in or on vehicles, where they can be effectively protected by adequate safety belts and other devices, and as pedestrians who have to be accompanied by an adult caring for their safety. Dwelling environments which are child's living place have to be transformed in such a way, that vehicles could enter this area only at pedestrian speed, which would prevent the injuries of children. The first steps towards achieving of this aim have been made on the legislative and preventive domain. With the realization of the set tasks also the set aims can be achieved i.e. no fatal casualty or severely injured child in traffic accidents among preschool children.
Izvleček		Predšolski otroci so pogoste žrtve cestnega prometa, ko v njem sedelujejo kot potniki v vozilih in pešci oziroma takrat, ko se igrajo na skopo odmerjenih površinah v bližini domov, ki jih pogosto zasedejo tudi avtomobili. Čeprav se število žrtev od leta 1970, ko je bilo v prometnih nezgodah 32 mrtvih predšolskih otrok, v letu 1997 zmanjšalo na 2 smrtni žrtvi, ne moremo trditi, da je njihova varnost dobra, dokler bo med posledicami prometnih nezgod ena sama smrtna žrtev ali huda poškodba, ki povzroči trajne posledice. Takšna naloga in cilj sta možna. otroci sodelujejo v prometu samo v vlogi sopotnikov v ali na vozilih, kjer jih lahko učinkovito zavarujemo s otroškimi varnostnimi sedeži in drugimi pripomočki, in kot pešci, ki morajo imeti spremstvo odrasle osebe, ki skrbi za njihovo varnost. bivalna okolja, ki so otrokov življenjski prostor, pa moramo preoblikovati tako, da bodo vozila lahko vstopila v to območje le s hitrosto pešca, pri kateri ne more priti do poškodbe otrok. Prve korake za dosego tega cilja smo v Sloveniji že naredili na zakonodajnem in preventivnem področju. Z udejanjanjem vseh zastavljenih nalog pa lahko dosežemo tudi zastavljeni cilj, da v prometnih nezgodah predšolski otroci ne smejo biti niti smrtne žrtve niti hudo poškodvani.
Deskriptorji		CHILD, PRESCHOOL ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC ACCIDENT PREVENTION CHILD, PRESCHOOL WOUNDS AND INJURIES SAFETY