Severity of urban cycling injuries and the relationship with personal, trip, route and crash characteristics: analyses using four severity metrics.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the relationship between cycling injury severity and personal, trip, route and crash characteristics.

Methods

Data from a previous study of injury risk, conducted in Toronto and Vancouver, Canada, were used to classify injury severity using four metrics: (1) did not continue trip by bike; (2) transported to hospital by ambulance; (3) admitted to hospital; and (4) Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale (CTAS). Multiple logistic regression was used to examine associations with personal, trip, route and crash characteristics.

Results

Of 683 adults injured while cycling, 528 did not continue their trip by bike, 251 were transported by ambulance and 60 were admitted to hospital for further treatment. Treatment urgencies included 75 as CTAS=1 or 2 (most medic

SUBMITTER: Cripton PA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4289714 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature