Table 3 Injury characteristics of injured cyclists presenting to a hospital ED by working status, May 2019 and April 2020
From: The human impact of commercial delivery cycling injuries: a pilot retrospective cohort study
Characteristic | Commercial cycling (n=43) | Non-commercial cycling (n=153) | Unconfirmed commercial cycling (n=172) |
|---|---|---|---|
Number of injuries, n | 59 | 225 | 246 |
Nature of injury, n (%)i | |||
 Heada | 10 (16.95) | 33 (14.7) | 37 (15.0) |
 Chest/abdominalb | 0 (0.00) | 18 (8.0) | 14 (5.7) |
 Orthopaedicc | 9 (15.25) | 71 (31.6) | 62 (25.2) |
 Other non-orthopaedicd | 40 (67.80) | 103 (45.8) | 133 (54.1) |
Number of body regions injured, n | 63 | 248 | 267 |
Abbreviated Injury Scale body region, n (%)j | |||
 Head or neck | 10 (15.87) | 37 (14.9) | 42 (15.7) |
 Face | 10 (15.87) | 30 (12.1) | 26 (9.7) |
 Chest | 1 (1.59) | 23 (9.3) | 18 (6.7) |
 Abdominal or pelvic contents | 0 (0.00) | 4 (1.6) | 7 (2.6) |
 Extremities or pelvic girdle | 34 (53.97) | 119 (47.9) | 127 (47.6) |
 Externale | 10 (15.87) | 35 (14.1) | 45 (16.9) |
Injury severity score availablef, n (%) | 12 (27.91) | 45 (29.4) | 63 (36.6) |
Injury severity score, mean (SD) | 3.25 (1.96) | 9.27 (6.2) | 5.40 (4.6) |
 Mild (<9), n (%) | 12 (100) | 24 (53.3) | 48 (76.2) |
 Moderate (9–15), n (%) | 0 (0.0) | 14 (31.1) | 11 (17.5) |
 Severe (16–25), n (%) | 0 (0.0) | 7 (15.6) | 4 (6.3) |
 Profound (>25), n (%) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
 Tauma team consultg, n (%) | 12 (27.91) | 48 (31.4) | 58 (33.7) |
 Operative procedure requiredh, n (%) | 5 (11.63) | 24 (15.7) | 18 (10.5) |
Glasgow Coma Scale, mean (SD) | 14.97 (0.17) | 14.87 (0.4) | 14.95 (0.3) |
Post-ED disposition, n (%) | |||
 Discharged - treatment completed | 34 (79.1) | 99 (64.7) | 112 (65.1) |
 Discharged - did not wait | 1 (2.3) | 5 (3.3) | 9 (5.2) |
 Discharged - against advice | 0 (0.0) | 3 (1.9) | 8 (4.7) |
 Admitted to acute hospital | 7 (16.3) | 39 (25.5) | 35 (20.3) |
 Transferred to other facility | 1 (2.3) | 2 (1.3) | 7 (4.1) |