Langley J D, Alsop J C
Injury Prevention Research Unit, University of Otago, Dunedin.
N Z Med J. 1998 Jul 24;111(1070):267-8.
To describe trends in motorcycle traffic crashes and compare these trends in other crashes and vehicle registrations.
National fatality and public hospital inpatient data were used to select cases. Relative changes in both deaths and hospitalisations, and vehicle registrations were examined in each year during the period 1980-98.
The results show that deaths and serious injuries to motorcyclists have declined substantially over the period 1980-1995. The trend in serious injuries to motorcyclists closely followed the trend in motorcycle registrations. The association was less evident for motorcyclist fatalities and for occupants there was no clear association with trends in registrations for either outcome.
The reduction in motorcycle injuries has contributed substantially to our improved road safety record. We need to protect these gains but in order to do this we need a clear understanding of how they were achieved. Such an understanding is currently lacking.
描述摩托车交通事故的趋势，并将这些趋势与其他事故及车辆登记情况进行比较。
利用国家死亡数据和公立医院住院患者数据选取病例。对1980 - 1998年期间每年的死亡人数、住院人数以及车辆登记数量的相对变化情况进行了研究。
结果显示，在1980 - 1995年期间，摩托车手的死亡人数和重伤人数大幅下降。摩托车手重伤趋势与摩托车登记数量趋势密切相关。对于摩托车手死亡情况，这种关联不太明显，而对于乘客而言，两种结果与登记数量趋势均无明显关联。
摩托车伤害的减少对我们道路安全记录的改善有很大贡献。我们需要保护这些成果，但要做到这一点，我们需要清楚了解这些成果是如何取得的。目前我们缺乏这样的了解。
