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Pitt, Tona M. / Nettel-Aguirre, Alberto / McCormack, Gavin R. / Howard, Andrew W. / Piatkowski, Camilla / Rowe, Brian H. / Hagel, Brent E.

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Abstract Background Bicycle-related injuries are among the most common recreational injuries for children in Canada; moreover, bicycle-motor vehicle collisions often result in serious injuries. This study seeks to examine environmental, motorist, and bicyclist characteristics of bicycle-motor vehicle collisions that resulted in police reported severe injuries in youth (< 18 years old) bicyclists, in Alberta, Canada. Findings Using Calgary and Edmonton police collision reports, 423 youth bicycle-motor vehicle collisions were identified from 2010 to 2014. Forty-three (10.2%) of these collisions resulted in major/fatal (severe) injuries. These severe injury cases were compared with the 380 youth bicycle-motor vehicle collisions resulting in minor or no injury (controls) using classification tree and logistic regression analyses. There were no driver or bicyclist characteristics with a significant effect on the odds of severe injury to youth bicyclists; however, lower odds were found on each of: divided roads with no barrier (aOR = 0.36; 95% CI: 0.13–0.97) or during peak traffic time (aOR = 0.44; 95% CI: 0.16–0.99). Conclusion Personal and environment characteristics should be considered in future research and interventions focused on reducing severe youth bicycle-motor vehicle collision injuries.

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Title :

Child and adolescent bicycling injuries involving motor vehicle collisions

Contributors:

Pitt, Tona M. (author) / Nettel-Aguirre, Alberto (author) / McCormack, Gavin R. (author) / Howard, Andrew W. (author) / Piatkowski, Camilla (author) / Rowe, Brian H. (author) / Hagel, Brent E. (author)

Published in:

Injury Epidemiology ; 6 , 1 ; 1-7

Publication date :

2019-03-04

Size :

7 pages

ISSN :

2197-1714

DOI :

https://doi.org/10.1186/s40621-019-0185-z

Type of media :

Article (Journal)