Fatality risk factors for bicyclists in Croatia.
Journal Title: Croatian Medical Journal - Year 2003, Vol 44, Issue 5
Abstract
AIM: To present the epidemiology of fatal bicyclist injuries in trafficaccidents in Croatia. METHODS: Between January 1, 1997 and December 31, 2000, there were 253 bicyclistfatalities in Croatia. The data were collected from the police reports of the Department of Traffic Police,Ministry of the Interior, written at the place of the accident. The data were processed by descriptiveepidemiology and compared by tests of significance. RESULTS: The percentage of bicyclist fatalities amongtotal road fatalities showed a decreasing trend over the years, from 11.6% in 1998 to 8.2% in 2000. Themost frequent type of accident involving bicyclist fatalities were accidents in car-bicycle collisions(lowest: 74.7% in 1998; and highest: 81.3% in 1997). Most accidents occurred at the beginning and atthe end of the bicycle season--months of April and October. Elderly people were involved in accidentsoccurring mainly in the morning hours--from 6 to 12 a.m., whereas the youngest and the middle-aged gotinjured or killed mainly in the evening - 6 to 9 p.m. This association between the age and the part ofday when the accident happened was statistically significant (chi square=36.51, p
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Eduard Missoni, Josipa Kern
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