Citation

Franzen G, Qvarnstrom O, Olofsson J. J. Traffic Med. 1985; 13(3-4): 41-42.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1985, International Association for Accident and Traffic Medicine)

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Abstract

The aims of the study were, primarily, to register the locations of the injuries, severity according to AIS (Abbreviated Injury Scale), and to look at sex and age of the injured persons. Furthermore, the intention was to compare the findings in this investigation with those previously reported from Stockholm in a similar study.

A study is repored which recorded the location of injuries, and their seveity according to AIS (Abreviated Injury Scale), and reviewed the sexes and ages of the injured persons. The study also compared the findings with those previousoy obtained from Stockholm in a similar study. It was found that only 91 bicyclists wre injured during 1982, of whom the majority were hurt on the separate bicycle pathway system. It was also found that 691 patients treated at the hospital during the period were caused by bicycle accidents. Most injuruies occured in 10-19 year old cyclists, and the frequency of casualties was highest during the summer months. Collision between bicycles and motor vehicles constituted only 9% of the accidents. Injuries of the extremities were the most common, and the injuries were less severe in Vasteras than those in Stockholm.

Vernacular Abstract

Injuries; Injury severity; Injury Severity Score; Sweden; Traffic crashes; Bicycle lanes; Medium sized cities