Table 5 AIS 2+ injuries of 'teenagers and adults injured outside towns' in bicycle-only crashes (n = 992 injuries, mean number of injuries per cyclist = 1.34), 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 | 1.6% | 0.0% | 6.0% | 0.3% | 15.3% | 0.1% | 23.4% |
Face | 4.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 5.2% |
Neck | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Head face, neck unspec. | 0.0 % | 0.0 % | 0.0 % | 0.0 % | 0.0 % | 0.0 % | 0.0 % |
Torso | 2.1% | 0.0% | 3.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 5.2% |
Vertebral column | 3.1% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 3.3% |
Upper extremities | 43.1% | 4.7% | 0.0% | 1.0% | 0.6% | 0.1% | 49.6% |
Lower extremities | 10.5% | 1.0% | 0.0% | 1.6% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 13.2% |
System-wide or unspec. | 0.0 % | 0.0 % | 0.0 % | 0.0 % | 0.0 % | 0.0 % | 0.0 % |
All regions | 64.6% | 5.7% | 9.3% | 4.1% | 15.9% | 0.3% | 100.0% |