A prospective cohort study on minor accidents involving commuter cyclists in Belgium

Geus, Bas de; Vandenbulcke, Grégory; Panis, Luc Int; Thomas, Isabelle; Degraeuwe, Bart; Cumps, Elke; Aertsens, Joris; Torfs, Rudi; Meeusen, Romain

doi:10.1016/j.aap.2011.09.045

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“…Regarding the first, a substantial part of registered traffic crashes involving cyclists, especially those not implying major material losses or injuries, may not be reported [55]. As for the later, a potentially large part of their road crashes suffered may be not reported by cyclists [56], highlighting the lack of a standardized and/or well-known definition of the concept among participants.…”

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confidence: 93%

Infrastructural and Human Factors Affecting Safety Outcomes of Cyclists

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Abstract:The increasing number of registered road crashes involving cyclists during the last decade and the high proportion of road crashes resulting in severe injuries and fatalities among cyclists constitutes a global issue for community health, urban development and sustainability. Nowadays, the incidence of many risk factors for road crashes of cyclists remains largely unexplained. Given the importance of this issue, the present study has been conducted with the aim of determining relationships between infrastructural, human factors and safety outcomes of cyclists. Objectives: This study aimed, first, to examine the relationship between key infrastructural and human factors present in cycling, bicycle-user characteristics and their self-reported experience with road crashes. And second, to determine whether a set of key infrastructural and human factors may predict their self-reported road crashes. Methods: For this cross-sectional study, a total of 1064 cyclists (38.8% women, 61.2% men; M = 32.8 years of age) from 20 different countries across Europe, South America and North America, participated in an online survey composed of four sections: demographic data and cycling-related factors, human factors, perceptions on infrastructural factors and road crashes suffered. Results: The results of this study showed significant associations between human factors, infrastructural conditions and self-reported road crashes. Also, a logistic regression model found that self-reported road crashes of cyclists could be predicted through variables such as age, riding intensity, risky behaviours and problematic user/infrastructure interactions. Conclusions:The results of this study suggest that self-reported road crashes of cyclists are influenced by features related to the user and their interaction with infrastructural characteristics of the road.

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“…18 The correlation between the weight, height and severity of head injuries was hard to observe in other studies, because none of the authors, despite collecting this data, included this in their statistics. 15,16 In our research of different types of injuries, dental traumas dominated, followed by soft tissue injuries and fractures of the facial skeleton (mandible, zygomatic complex, nasal bone and orbit floor fractures). We detected that a fall from a bike was a major cause of injury.…”

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“…As with most studies based on clinical or survey data, the weight and height are rarely recorded. 15,16 It seems that they are more important in the mechanism of the accident itself and in the evaluation of the intensity of the suffered injury only at the moment of direct reconstruction of the event. 18 The correlation between the weight, height and severity of head injuries was hard to observe in other studies, because none of the authors, despite collecting this data, included this in their statistics.…”

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“…13 Accidents most often occurred when cycling for recreation or fitness purposes, which also increased the number of accidents among men as the main group of bicycles users. 1,14,16 Different concepts, possibilities and reasons for accidents occurring among participants of this sport were extensively discussed. In the case of young people, trauma can be caused by inexperience and limited knowledge of traffic rules.…”

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“…De Geus et al confirmed that major and fatal accidents more frequently take place in less urbanized areas in contrast to urban areas. 16 Literature data also analyzed the occurrence of a particular injury according to the type of bicycle and the place of accident. In our research we observed that men more often than women suffered accidents and they were more frequently using a mountain bike.…”

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confidence: 99%

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