EPIDEMIOLOGY OF CYCLIST AND MOPED RIDER'S CASUALTIES

From approximately 15000 traffic casualties material has been selected concerning 1106 cyclists and 1377 moped riders, whose lesions are compared with those of 981 pedestrians. It was not possible to point out any difference between cyclists and moped riders with regard to distribution of lesions or severity. However, there was an obvious overweight of femoral and crural fractures in pedestrians. It appeared, that there was a uniform localization and tendency of concentration for the accidents, but there were certain localities, where only one category of road users collided with cars. /TRRL/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Proceedings of the Meeting on Biomechanics of Injury.
• Corporate Authors:

  IRCOBI (International Research Council on the Biokinetics of Impacts)

  109 Avenue Salvador Allende
  Bron CEDEX,   France  F-69675
• Authors:
  • Nielsen, H V
  • Dyreborg, E
  • NORDENTOFT, E L
• Publication Date: 1976-9

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 118-128
• Serial:
  • Publication of: IRCOBI SECRETARIAT
  • Publisher: IRCOBI (International Research Council on the Biokinetics of Impacts)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Crash injury research; Crash severity; Cyclists; Epidemiology; Fractures (Anatomy); Injuries; Injury severity; Leg; Location; Moped drivers; Motorcyclists; Pedestrian vehicle crashes; Pedestrians
• ITRD Terms: 8525: Conference; 1742: Cyclist; 2161: Fracture (bone); 2163: Injury; 2023: Leg (human); 9061: Location; 1752: Motorcyclist; 1733: Pedestrian; 1623: Severity (accid, injury)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Research; Safety and Human Factors; I80: Accident Studies; I81: Accident Statistics; I84: Personal Injuries;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00148057
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
• Report/Paper Numbers: Proceeding
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 2 1977 12:00AM