Relative injury severity among vulnerable non-motorised road users: Comparative analysis of injury arising from bicycle-motor vehicle and bicycle-pedestrian collisions

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 290-296

  Chong, Shanley ^a   Poulos, Roslyn ^b   Olivier, Jake ^a   Watson, Wendy L ^a   Grzebieta, Raphael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Burden of injury; Cyclist; Disability Adjusted Life Year; Injury Severity Score; Pedestrian; Vulnerable road users

Indexed keywords

AGE GROUPS; COLLISION MECHANISMS; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; DISABILITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; DISABILITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; INJURY SEVERITY; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASE; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MOTOR VEHICLE; NEW SOUTH WALES , AUSTRALIA; PEDESTRIAN COLLISIONS; POLICY MAKERS; ROAD DESIGN; ROAD USERS; SERIOUS INJURIES; SEVERITY OF INJURIES; SHARED SPACES;

BICYCLES; DIAGNOSIS; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; HEALTH RISKS; MOTORS; ROADS AND STREETS; VEHICLES;

PEDESTRIAN SAFETY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BICYCLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WALKING;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BICYCLING; CHILD; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; ODDS RATIO; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WALKING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71549137119     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2009.08.006     Document Type: Article

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