SOME EPIDEMIOLOGIC FEATURES OF MOTORCYCLE COLLISION INJURIES. I. INTRODUCTION, METHODS AND FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH INCIDENCE

Using official police reports and hospital admission and emergency room medical records. 1273 persons with a confirmed medically treated motorcycle injury were identified in Sacramento County, California, during 1970. Less than 39% of all injured motor-cyclists were identified in this study using only official police reports. The annual incidence rate was highest for 18-year-old male drivers. In addition to age of the driver, risk of injury was associated with drivers of short stature (less than 173 cm) operating an intermediate or larger size motorcycle. Risk of injury was higher for drivers with training than for those without training or those who operated their motorcycles frequently regardless of type of use. Risk of injury was not related to make of motorcycle but was related to engine size. Two-thirds of the injury-producing collisions involved a motorcycle and a second motor vehicle. Motorcycle collisions occurred most frequently during the afternoon and early evening hours and during the summer months, but peaks in incidence of collisions occurred during weeks which included a holiday.

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/00029262
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Sponsored by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, Washington, D.C.
• Corporate Authors:

  Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore

  School of Hygiene and Public Health, 624 North Broadway
  Baltimore, MD  United States  21205
• Authors:
  • Kraus, J F
  • Riggins, R S
  • Franti, C E
• Publication Date: 1975

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 74-98
• Serial:
  • American Journal of Epidemiology
  • Volume: 102
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
  • ISSN: 0002-9262
  • Serial URL: http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Age; Crash causes; Crash exposure; Crash injury research; Crash reports; Driver training; Drivers; Epidemiology; Height; Males; Motorcyclists; Time
• Uncontrolled Terms: Driver age
• Old TRIS Terms: Male drivers
• Subject Areas: Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00134728
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Research Institute
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 22 1976 12:00AM