Route infrastructure and the risk of injuries to bicyclists: a case-crossover study

• Published in: American journal of public health (1971) Vol. 102; no. 12; pp. 2336 - 2343
• Main Authors: Teschke, Kay, Harris, M Anne, Reynolds, Conor C O, Winters, Meghan, Babul, Shelina, Chipman, Mary, Cusimano, Michael D, Brubacher, Jeff R, Hunte, Garth, Friedman, Steven M, Monro, Melody, Shen, Hui, Vernich, Lee, Cripton, Peter A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Public Health Association 01.12.2012
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Bicycling; Bicycling - injuries; Bicycling - statistics & numerical data; British Columbia - epidemiology; Cities; Design; Female; Head injuries; Humans; Infrastructure; Injuries; Interviews; Male; Middle Aged; Mountain biking; Ontario - epidemiology; Population; Public health; Questionnaires; Research and Practice; Residence Characteristics; Risk Factors; Safety; Studies; Teaching hospitals; Young Adult; Ontario; British Columbia; Denmark; Canada; Netherlands; Germany

We compared cycling injury risks of 14 route types and other route infrastructure features. We recruited 690 city residents injured while cycling in Toronto or Vancouver, Canada. A case-crossover design compared route infrastructure at each injury site to that of a randomly selected control site fro...