Tokyo: A study by the Institute for Traffic Accident Research and Data Analysis, a Tokyo-based public interest foundation, indicates that accidents increase sharply until children are able to recognise dangerous situations. It was the institutes first analysis of injuries and deaths by age.
According to the institute, 56,962 people were injured or killed while walking last year. In 2015, the number of injuries and deaths increased starting at age one, reaching 1,057 at age six and peaking at 1,462 at age seven. The number declined to 1,104 at age eight.