AbstractBicycle accident and injury data collected by two different samples of North Carolina hospital emergency rooms during the summers of 1985 and 1986 are examined and compared with state police-reported bicycle accident data for the same time periods. Of the 649 emergency room treated bicyclists, 62% were children aged 5–14 and 70% were male. Nineteen percent of the riders suffered moderate or worse injuries (AIS 2), and 6% were hospitalized. In contrast, less than half of the police-reported accidents involved riders under 15 years of age, 85% of the riders were male, and two-thirds suffered moderate or worse injury. Whereas virtually all of the police-reported accidents involved a motor vehicle, less than a fifth of the emergency room cases did. Only 10% of the emergency room cases were duplicated on the state accident files. It is estimated that 800 children ages 0–19 are hospitalized annually in North Carolina for bicycle-related injuries, and an additional 13,300 children receive emergency room treatment.
Bicycle accidents and injuries: A pilot study comparing hospital- and police-reported data
Accident Analysis and Prevention ; 22 , 1 ; 67-78
1989-07-29
12 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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