Road environment, crash type and hospitalisation of bicyclists and motorcyclists presented to emergency departments in Western Australia

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1222-1225

  Meuleners, Lynn B ^a   Lee, Andy H ^a   Haworth, Claire ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bicyclist; Emergency presentations; Hospital admission; Motorcyclist; Road environment

Indexed keywords

BICYCLES; COLLISION AVOIDANCE; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; MOTORCYCLES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISKS; VEHICLES;

CRASH LOCATION; EMERGENCY PRESENTATIONS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; ROAD ENVIRONMENT;

SAFETY ENGINEERING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BICYCLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MOTORCYCLE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; URBAN POPULATION;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; BICYCLING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MOTORCYCLES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 34848844049     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2007.03.006     Document Type: Article

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