Child and adolescent bicycling injuries involving motor vehicle collisions
| dc.contributor.author | Pitt, Tona M | |
| dc.contributor.author | Nettel-Aguirre, Alberto | |
| dc.contributor.author | McCormack, Gavin R | |
| dc.contributor.author | Howard, Andrew W | |
| dc.contributor.author | Piatkowski, Camilla | |
| dc.contributor.author | Rowe, Brian H | |
| dc.contributor.author | Hagel, Brent E | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-03-10T01:03:32Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-03-10T01:03:32Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019-03-04 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2019-03-10T01:03:32Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | Abstract Background Bicycle-related injuries are among the most common recreational injuries for children in Canada; moreover, bicycle-motor vehicle collisions often result in serious injuries. This study seeks to examine environmental, motorist, and bicyclist characteristics of bicycle-motor vehicle collisions that resulted in police reported severe injuries in youth (< 18 years old) bicyclists, in Alberta, Canada. Findings Using Calgary and Edmonton police collision reports, 423 youth bicycle-motor vehicle collisions were identified from 2010 to 2014. Forty-three (10.2%) of these collisions resulted in major/fatal (severe) injuries. These severe injury cases were compared with the 380 youth bicycle-motor vehicle collisions resulting in minor or no injury (controls) using classification tree and logistic regression analyses. There were no driver or bicyclist characteristics with a significant effect on the odds of severe injury to youth bicyclists; however, lower odds were found on each of: divided roads with no barrier (aOR = 0.36; 95% CI: 0.13–0.97) or during peak traffic time (aOR = 0.44; 95% CI: 0.16–0.99). Conclusion Personal and environment characteristics should be considered in future research and interventions focused on reducing severe youth bicycle-motor vehicle collision injuries. | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Injury Epidemiology. 2019 Mar 04;6(1):7 | |
| dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1186/s40621-019-0185-z | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1880/110054 | |
| dc.language.rfc3066 | en | |
| dc.rights.holder | The Author(s). | |
| dc.title | Child and adolescent bicycling injuries involving motor vehicle collisions | |
| dc.type | Journal Article |