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Appendix

Table A8: Number of persons 4 years and younger hospitalised for injuries sustained in bicycle crashes by nature of injury

Nature of Injury

Year

 
 

1981

1982

1983

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

Total

Skull fractures

1

0

0

1

3

1

0

0

1

0

0

0

1

1

0

9

Facial

5

3

3

4

4

7

10

10

8

14

13

17

12

9

9

128

Intracranial

16

19

12

7

11

14

10

5

6

9

16

9

14

4

5

157

Other head

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

1

1

0

3

0

0

7

Lower limb fractures

6

7

4

3

7

4

3

4

6

7

3

2

5

1

2

64

Upper limb fractures

4

4

8

7

4

5

2

4

4

5

7

4

10

9

9

86

All other fractures

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

2

Superficial

14

10

19

18

10

31

18

23

21

28

25

13

13

16

16

275

Internal

1

0

1

0

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

5

Other

4

4

5

2

3

1

3

4

3

4

2

3

1

1

2

42

Total

52

47

52

42

43

64

46

51

50

68

67

49

59

42

43

775

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