Citation

Pérez K, Marí-Dell'olmo M, Borrell C, Nebot M, Villalbí JR, Santamarina E, Tobias A. Bull. World Health Organ. 2009; 87(7): 497-504.

Affiliation

Agencia de Salut Publica de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. cperez@aspb.cat

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, World Health Organization)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

19649363

PMCID

PMC2704032

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To assess differences between the risk of injury for motorcycle riders before and after the passing of a law allowing licenced car drivers to drive light motorcycles without having to take a special motorcycle driving test. METHODS: We carried out a quasi-experimental study involving comparison groups, and a time-series analysis from 1 January 2002 to 30 April 2008. The study group was composed of people injured while driving or riding a light motorcycle (engine capacity 51-125 cubic centimetres), while the comparison groups consisted of riders of heavy motorcycles (engine capacity > 125 cc), mopeds (engine capacity

Language: en