@article{ref1,
title="Child and adolescent bicycling injuries involving motor vehicle collisions",
journal="Injury epidemiology",
year="2019",
author="Pitt, Tona M. and Nettel-Aguirre, Alberto and McCormack, Gavin R. and Howard, Andrew W. and Piatkowski, Camilla and Rowe, Brian H. and Hagel, Brent Edward",
volume="6",
number="1",
pages="e7-e7",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Bicycle-related injuries are among the most common recreational injuries for children in Canada; moreover, bicycle-motor vehicle collisions often result in serious injuries. This study seeks to examine environmental, motorist, and bicyclist characteristics of bicycle-motor vehicle collisions that resulted in police reported severe injuries in youth (< 18 years old) bicyclists, in Alberta, Canada. <br><br>FINDINGS: Using Calgary and Edmonton police collision reports, 423 youth bicycle-motor vehicle collisions were identified from 2010 to 2014. Forty-three (10.2%) of these collisions resulted in major/fatal (severe) injuries. These severe injury cases were compared with the 380 youth bicycle-motor vehicle collisions resulting in minor or no injury (controls) using classification tree and logistic regression analyses. There were no driver or bicyclist characteristics with a significant effect on the odds of severe injury to youth bicyclists; however, lower odds were found on each of: divided roads with no barrier (aOR = 0.36; 95% CI: 0.13-0.97) or during peak traffic time (aOR = 0.44; 95% CI: 0.16-0.99). <br><br>CONCLUSION: Personal and environment characteristics should be considered in future research and interventions focused on reducing severe youth bicycle-motor vehicle collision injuries.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2197-1714",
doi="10.1186/s40621-019-0185-z",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40621-019-0185-z"
}