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Table 1 Crash characteristics according to cyclist type, Rhône Road Trauma Registry, 1996-2008, n = 13,684

From: The injury epidemiology of cyclists based on a road trauma registry

  

Teens & adults, injured in towns

Teens & adults, injured outside towns

Children (0-10 years old)

  

N = 7,981

N = 2,032

N = 3,671

  

Col. %

Col. %

Col. %

Month of crash

January

4.7%

2.5%

2.2%

p < 0.0001

February

4.3%

4.1%

2.8%

 

March

6.4%

6.1%

7.3%

 

April

8.7%

10.2%

9.9%

 

May

11.4%

11.9%

14.8%

 

June

11.4%

12.5%

11.5%

 

July

11.7%

12.3%

11.5%

 

August

10.1%

11.4%

14.7%

 

September

11.8%

12.1%

13.9%

 

October

9.4%

9.8%

7.2%

 

November

6.3%

4.1%

2.7%

 

December

3.8%

3.1%

1.3%

Day of crash

Monday

12.6%

8.8%

11.4%

p < 0.0001

Tuesday

14.0%

10.0%

10.5%

 

Wednesday

15.7%

11.9%

15.0%

 

Thursday

13.6%

11.7%

10.5%

 

Friday

14.6%

8.8%

11.1%

 

Saturday

14.1%

21.5%

18.3%

 

Sunday

15.4%

27.4%

23.3%

Time of day

Day time

62.0%

82.7%

63.2%

p < 0.0001

Night time

12.1%

3.9%

2.4%

 

Unknown

25.9%

13.3%

34.4%

Road type

'National roads'

0.8%

3.3%

0.1%

p < 0.0001

'County roads'

1.2%

16.1%

1.1%

 

'Local roads'

73.3%

39.5%

43.3%

 

Road, unknown type

2.9%

5.1%

2.5%

 

Car park

0.9%

0.7%

2.0%

 

Private road

1.0%

1.2%

6.0%

 

Off-road

7.3%

13.7%

9.4%

 

Unknown

12.4%

20.2%

35.6%

Type of trip

Private

33.0%

42.3%

0.0%

p < 0.0001

Work-related*

14.3%

2.6%

0.0%

 

Not relevant**

29.3%

34.1%

100.0%

 

Unknown

23.4%

21.1%

0.0%

Antagonist type

p < 0.0001

None or

non-motorized

67.1%

80.6%

89.6%

 

Motor vehicle

30.9%

16.5%

7.6%

 

Unknown

2.0%

3.0%

2.8%

Antagonist type

None

54.8%

68.0%

78.9%

(detail)

Stationary

7.9%

5.9%

6.5%

p < 0.0001

Animal

0.3%

0.4%

0.0%

 

Pedestrian

1.1%

0.6%

0.7%

 

Cyclist

3.1%

5.7%

3.5%

 

Motorised two wheeler

1.2%

1.3%

0.4%

 

Car

27.7%

13.7%

6.8%

 

Van, Truck

2.0%

1.5%

0.4%

 

Unknown

2.0%

3.0%

2.8%

  1. * work-related = commuting or part of occupational activity
  2. ** not relevant = outside the range 14 to 65 years old