Begg D J, Langley J D, Chalmers D J
Department of Paediatrics, University of Otago Medical School, Dunedin.
N Z Med J. 1991 Feb 27;104(906):60-1.
From a sample of 848 teenagers 57 individuals reported a total of 62 bicycle road crashes, 40 (65%) of which involved injury to a cyclist. Thirty (48%) of the crashes occurred when the cyclist lost control of the bicycle (73% of which involved injury) and 17 crashes (27%) involved a moving motor vehicle (41% of which involved injury). The majority of the injuries were not serious and of those with multiple injuries no one had an injury severity score greater than five. The body area most frequently injured was the extremities (74%), with the remainder primarily head injuries. Environmental conditions were not a major contributing factor in these crashes. In only five cases the cyclist was wearing a safety helmet. Recommended measures to prevent, or minimise, bicycle related injuries include the wearing of safety helmets, bicycle maintenance checks, and road safety awareness instruction.
在848名青少年的样本中，57人报告了总共62起自行车道路交通事故，其中40起（65%）涉及骑车人受伤。30起（48%）事故发生在骑车人失去对自行车的控制时（其中73%涉及受伤），17起事故（27%）涉及行驶中的机动车（其中41%涉及受伤）。大多数伤害并不严重，在那些有多处受伤的人中，没有人的损伤严重程度评分超过5分。最常受伤的身体部位是四肢（74%），其余主要是头部受伤。环境条件不是这些事故的主要促成因素。只有5起事故中骑车人戴着安全帽。预防或尽量减少与自行车相关伤害的建议措施包括佩戴安全帽、自行车维护检查和道路安全意识教育。
