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Table 4 AIS 2+ injuries of 'teenagers and adults injured in towns', in collisions with a motor vehicle (n = 1282 injuries, mean number of injuries per cyclist = 1.64), Rhône Road Trauma Registry, 1996-2008

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

 

Fractures

Dislocations, Sprains and Strains

Internal organ injuries

Open wounds

Unspecified

Other

All types

Head

2.7%

0.0%

8.4%

0.8%

16.0%

0.2%

28.0%

Face

3.1%

0.1%

0.0%

0.6%

0.0%

0.1%

3.9%

Neck

0.1%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.3%

0.4%

Head face, neck unspec.

0.0 %

0.0 %

0.5 %

0.0 %

0.0 %

0.0 %

0.5 %

Torso

3.1%

0.0%

7.6%

0.2%

0.0%

0.4%

11.2%

Vertebral column

5.3%

0.2%

0.4%

0.0%

0.1%

0.0%

6.0%

Upper extremities

25.6%

1.6%

0.0%

0.8%

0.2%

0.1%

28.2%

Lower extremities

16.7%

3.1%

0.1%

1.4%

0.0%

0.4%

21.7%

System-wide or unspec.

0.0 %

0.0 %

0.0 %

0.0 %

0.0 %

0.0 %

0.0 %

All regions

56.6%

5.1%

17.0%

3.7%

16.2%

1.4%

100.0%

  1. Each cell shows the proportion of AIS 2+ injuries of the corresponding category among all AIS2+ injuries of the subgroup (teens & adults injured in towns in collisions with a motor-vehicle); the statistical unit is the injury, not the casualty