TY - JOUR
T1 - Crash severity, injury patterns, and helmet use in adolescent motorcycle riders
AU - Lin, Mau-Roung
AU - Hwang, Hei Fen
AU - Kuo, Nai-Wen
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - Background: This study examined crash severity and injury patterns between helmeted and unhelmeted adolescent motorcycle riders. Methods: Among an initial population of 4,721 junior college students, 1,284 students were involved in 1,889 motorcycle crashes during a 20-month follow-up period. Crash severity was measured by both the type of collision object and the repair cost of motorcycle damage. Results: The incidence rates of crash, injury, hospitalization, and deaths per 1,000 person-years in the cohort were 358, 104, 14, and 1.3, respectively. Compared with helmeted riders, unhelmeted riders had more noncollisions and fewer collisions with a moving car but there was no significant difference in repair cost of motorcycle damage between these groups. More injuries to the external skin, face, and head and more severe injuries occurred in unhelmeted than in helmeted riders. Among crashes resulting in hospitalization/death, more injuries to the face and head occurred in unhelmeted riders than in helmeted riders. Conclusion: Crashes involving unhelmeted riders were not more severe but more frequently involved face and head injuries than crashes involving helmeted riders.
AB - Background: This study examined crash severity and injury patterns between helmeted and unhelmeted adolescent motorcycle riders. Methods: Among an initial population of 4,721 junior college students, 1,284 students were involved in 1,889 motorcycle crashes during a 20-month follow-up period. Crash severity was measured by both the type of collision object and the repair cost of motorcycle damage. Results: The incidence rates of crash, injury, hospitalization, and deaths per 1,000 person-years in the cohort were 358, 104, 14, and 1.3, respectively. Compared with helmeted riders, unhelmeted riders had more noncollisions and fewer collisions with a moving car but there was no significant difference in repair cost of motorcycle damage between these groups. More injuries to the external skin, face, and head and more severe injuries occurred in unhelmeted than in helmeted riders. Among crashes resulting in hospitalization/death, more injuries to the face and head occurred in unhelmeted riders than in helmeted riders. Conclusion: Crashes involving unhelmeted riders were not more severe but more frequently involved face and head injuries than crashes involving helmeted riders.
KW - Crash
KW - Epidemiology
KW - Helmet
KW - Injury
KW - Motorcycle
KW - Severity
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U2 - 10.1097/00005373-200101000-00004
DO - 10.1097/00005373-200101000-00004
M3 - Article
C2 - 11231665
AN - SCOPUS:0035147079
SN - 0022-5282
VL - 50
SP - 24
EP - 30
JO - Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care
JF - Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care
IS - 1
ER -