Scottish Government

Carole Millar Research
ISBN 0 7559 2584 X (Web only publication)

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CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND
1.2 AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
1.3 METHODOLOGY
1.4 STATS19
1.5 STRUCTURE OF THIS REPORT
CHAPTER TWO: WHO IS INVOLVED IN CYCLING ACCIDENTS?
2.1 GENDER
2.2 AGE PROFILE OF CASUALTY
CHAPTER THREE: WHEN DO CYCLE ACCIDENTS HAPPEN?
3.1 TIME OF YEAR
3.2 DAY OF THE WEEK
3.3 TIME OF DAY
CHAPTER FOUR: WERE OTHER VEHICLES INVOLVED?
4.1 RELEVANCE OF GENDER AND AGE
4.2 ACCIDENTS INVOLVING A CAR
4.3 ACCIDENTS INVOLVING ANOTHER BICYCLE
CHAPTER FIVE: WHERE DO ACCIDENTS HAPPEN?
CHAPTER SIX: WHAT SAFETY AIDS WERE USED?
6.1 INCIDENCE OF HELMET WEARING
6.2 VISIBILITY AIDS
CHAPTER SEVEN: WHAT CAUSED THE ACCIDENT?
CHAPTER EIGHT: OUTCOME
8.1 PATIENT OUTCOME
8.2 INJURIES SUSTAINED
8.3 EFFECT OF WEARING A HELMET ON INJURIES SUSTAINED
8.4 TYPE OF TRAUMA
CHAPTER NINE: STATS 19
9.1 DEPICTING THE EXTENT OF CYCLE ACCIDENT CASUALTIES
9.2 DEPICTING THE NATURE OF CYCLE ACCIDENT CASUALTIES
CHAPTER TEN: CONCLUSION
10.1 EXTENT AND SEVERITY OF CYCLE ACCIDENT CASUALTIES
10.2 METHODOLOGY
APPENDIX 1: QUESTIONNAIRE
APPENDIX 2: PATIENT INFORMATION SHEET
APPENDIX 3: CYCLING CASUALTIES BY POST CODE
APPENDIX 4: DETAILED DISTRIBUTION OF CASUALTIES

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