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. 1973 Oct 20;4(5885):146-7.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.4.5885.146.

Bicycle injuries in children

A W Craft, D A Shaw, N E Cartlidge

Bicycle injuries in children

A W Craft et al. Br Med J. .

Abstract

An analysis of 405 bicycle accidents in children under 15 years of age resulting in their attendance at hospital has shown that those having accidents while riding modern "high-rise" bicycles suffered head injury and bone fracture and required hospital admission more frequently than did those riding conventional models. "High-rise" accidents tended to occur on newly acquired and borrowed machines, suggesting that lack of experience of the handling properties of these bicycles may be a factor in the causation of accidents.

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