An international review of the frequency of single-bicycle crashes (SBCs) and their relation to bicycle modal share

Injury Prevention

Volumn 21, Issue E1, 2015, Pages e138-e143

  Schepers, Paul ^a   Agerholm, Niels ^b   Amoros, Emmanuelle ^c   Benington, Rob ^d   Bjørnskau, Torkel ^e   Dhondt, Stijn ^f   de Geus, Bas ^f   Hagemeister, Carmen ^g   Loo, Becky P Y ^h   Niska, Anna ⁱ  

^a Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment Rijkswaterstaat   (Netherlands)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^d Bristol Public Health Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

^e INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORT ECONOMICS   (Norway)

^f VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^g DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

ⁱ SWEDISH NATIONAL ROAD AND TRANSPORT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; BICYCLING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84940590603     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/injuryprev-2013-040964     Document Type: Article

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