@article{ref1,
title="Severely injured cyclists: analysis of Belgian hospital data for 2016-2020",
journal="Transportation research procedia",
year="2023",
author="Bouwen, Lies and Nuyttens, Nina and Martensen, Heike",
volume="72",
number="",
pages="2880-2887",
abstract="The aim of this study was to analyse the characteristics and injury patterns of severely injured cyclists in Belgium. We analysed the Belgian Minimal Hospital Data covering the years 2016-2020. A severely injured traffic casualty is defined as a patient with a Maximum AIS score of 3 or more (MAIS3+). On average, around 1 500 cyclists are severely injured each year, which corresponds to 23.9% of all hospitalised cyclists. Between 2016 and 2020, the number of MAIS3+ cyclists has increased by 21.7%. There is a clear discrepancy with the number of seriously injured cyclists in the police crash statistics. MAIS3+ cyclists were more commonly male, of 40 years and older, and were often involved in a non-motorised accident. Cyclists most frequently sustain severe injuries to the lower extremities, and the head and neck though injury patterns differ according to age and the type of opponent.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2352-1465",
doi="10.1016/j.trpro.2023.11.833",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trpro.2023.11.833"
}