An examination on safety and standards of children playgrounds and playground equipment in parks located in north of Tehran (regions 1,3,5,6 and 21) with some advisable suggestions

Current research was conducted to examine safety and standards of children playgrounds and their equipment in northern half of Tehran (including regions 1, 3, 5, 6 and 21) and provide appropriate solutions. For this purpose, a checklist was prepared for data collection based on information derived from instructions of Consumer Product Safety Commission instructions and standards of American Society for Testing and Materials in addition to regulations of Institute of Standard and Industrial Research of Iran. These regulations were then validated by researchers and all these parks were checked as examples. Average percentage for regions 1, 3, 5, 6 and 21 were 48, 46, 62, 45 and 67% of the standard and safety, respectively.A wide range of safety issues were obtained in different items. Finally, safety and standardization recommendations were made for children playgrounds and equipment therein.