@article{ref1,
title="Bicycle accidents and injuries: a pilot study comparing hospital- and police-reported data",
journal="Accident analysis and prevention",
year="1990",
author="Sheldon, F. C. and Whitley, T. and Williamson, J. E. and Stutts, J. C.",
volume="22",
number="1",
pages="67-78",
abstract="Bicycle accident and injury data collected by two different samples of North Carolina hospital emergency rooms during the summers of 1985 and 1986 are examined and compared with state police-reported bicycle accident data for the same time periods. Of the 649 emergency room treated bicyclists, 62% were children aged 5-14 and 70% were male. Nineteen percent of the riders suffered moderate or worse injuries (AIS greater than or equal to 2), and 6% were hospitalized. In contrast, less than half of the police-reported accidents involved riders under 15 years of age, 85% of the riders were male, and two-thirds suffered moderate or worse injury. Whereas virtually all of the police-reported accidents involved a motor vehicle, less than a fifth of the emergency room cases did. Only 10% of the emergency room cases were duplicated on the state accident files. It is estimated that 800 children ages 0-19 are hospitalized annually in North Carolina for bicycle-related injuries, and an additional 13,300 children receive emergency room treatment.",
language="en",
issn="0001-4575",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}