Citation

Kingma J. Percept. Mot. Skills 1994; 79(3): 1193-1194.

Affiliation

Department of Traumatology, University Hospital Groningen, The Netherlands.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1994, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

7899003

Abstract

Of 4,479 patients treated for injuries in a hospital, the highest frequency of bicycle accidents (23%) was observed in the age group for 20-29-yr.-olds. The main category (68.8%) were accidents without collision with other traffic. The highest mortality rates were found for children below 16 years of age and in elderly > 70 years old in the category of collision with a motor vehicle.

Language: en