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Table 6 AIS2+ injuries of 'teenagers and adults injured outside towns' in collisions with a motor vehicle (n = 366 injuries, mean number of injuries per cyclist = 2.30), 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

2.5%

0.0%

9.3%

0.8%

10.7%

0.0%

23.2%

Face

1.9%

0.0%

0.0%

0.8%

0.0%

0.0%

2.7%

Neck

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.3%

0.3%

Head face, neck unspec.

0.0 %

0.0 %

0.0 %

0.0 %

0.0 %

0.0 %

0.0 %

Torso

1.9%

0.0%

11.2%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

13.1%

Vertebral column

11.2%

0.0%

0.3%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

11.5%

Upper extremities

23.8%

1.6%

0.0%

1.1%

0.0%

0.3%

26.8%

Lower extremities

18.6%

1.4%

0.0%

1.6%

0.0%

0.5%

22.1%

System-wide or unspec.

0.0 %

0.0 %

0.0 %

0.0 %

0.0 %

0.3 %

0.3 %

All regions

59.8%

3.0%

20.8%

4.4%

10.7%

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 outside towns in collisions with a motor-vehicle); the statistical unit is the injury, not the casualty