The injury epidemiology of cyclists based on a road trauma registry

BMC Public Health

Research Article

Emmanuelle Amoros¹  Bernard Laumon¹  Mireille Chiron¹  Bertrand Thélot² 

[1] Epidemiological Research and Surveillance Unit in Transport, Occupation and Environment (UMRESTTE), Université de Lyon, 43 bvd du 11 Novembre 1918, F-69622, Lyon, France;Epidemiological Research and Surveillance Unit in Transport, Occupation and Environment (UMRESTTE), French Institute of Science and Technology for Transport, Development and Networks (IFSTTAR), 25 avenue François Mitterrand, F-69675, BRON, France;Epidemiological Research and Surveillance Unit in Transport, Occupation and Environment (UMRESTTE), Université Lyon 1, F-69373, Lyon, France;Injury Unit, Department of Chronic Diseases and Trauma, French Institute for Public Health Surveillance (InVS), 12 rue du Val d'Osne, F-94415, Saint-Maurice, France;

关键词: Motor Vehicle;    Injury Pattern;    Abbreviate Injury Scale;    Crash Risk;    Road Crash;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2458-11-653

 received in 2011-02-10, accepted in 2011-08-17,  发布年份 2011

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundBicycle use has increased in some of France's major cities, mainly as a means of transport. Bicycle crashes need to be studied, preferably by type of cycling. Here we conduct a descriptive analysis.MethodA road trauma registry has been in use in France since 1996, in a large county around Lyon (the Rhône, population 1.6 million). It covers outpatients, inpatients and fatalities. All injuries are coded using the Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS). Proxies were used to identify three types of cycling: learning = children (0-10 years old); sports cycling = teenagers and adults injured outside towns; cycling as means of transport = teenagers and adults injured in towns. The study is based on 13,684 cyclist casualties (1996-2008).ResultsThe percentage of cyclists injured in a collision with a motor vehicle was 8% among children, 17% among teenagers and adults injured outside towns, and 31% among those injured in towns. The percentage of serious casualties (MAIS 3+) was 4.5% among children, 10.9% among adults injured outside towns and 7.2% among those injured in towns. Collisions with motor-vehicles lead to more internal injuries than bicycle-only crashes.ConclusionThe description indicates that cyclist type is associated with different crash and injury patterns. In particular, cyclists injured in towns (where cycling is increasing) are generally less severely injured than those injured outside towns for both types of crash (bicycle-only crashes and collisions with a motor vehicle). This is probably due to lower speeds in towns, for both cyclists and motor vehicles.

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