%0 Journal Article
%T Child and adolescent bicycling injuries involving motor vehicle collisions
%J Injury epidemiology
%D 2019
%A Pitt, Tona M.
%A Nettel-Aguirre, Alberto
%A McCormack, Gavin R.
%A Howard, Andrew W.
%A Piatkowski, Camilla
%A Rowe, Brian H.
%A Hagel, Brent Edward
%V 6
%N 1
%P e7-e7
%X 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>
%G en
%I Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group - BMC
%@ 2197-1714
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40621-019-0185-z