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Table 3 Nature of mild-moderate bicyclist injuries (n = 238)

From: Describing and comparing the characteristics of injured bicyclists and other injured road users: a prospective cohort study

Injury sites

N (%)

Head

90 (37.8)

Neck

37 (15.6)

Spine or back

44 (18.5)

Torso

84 (35.3)

Upper extremity

195 (81.9)

Lower extremity

144 (60.5)

Psychological injury

31 (13.0)

Multiple injury sites

185 (77.7)

Whiplash injurya

24 (10.1)

Hospital admission (≥12 h)

92 (38.7)

  1. aWhiplash injury defined from current neck pain at time of interview