Abstract

The data from the years 2009 until 2015, collected by a scientific research team at the Hannover Medical School for the GIDAS project (German In-Depth Accident Study), were used as the study sample. Results: Injuries do not occur more often or more seriously in pedelec accidents than in conventional bicycle accidents. For accidents involving pedelec riders, almost exclusively injury severities of MAIS 1 and 2 (slight/moderate) can be observed and only one case of severe injury (MAIS 3), whereas for accidents with conventional bicyclists (Maximal Accident Injury Severity) MAIS 3+ occurs more often with 4.3%. The statistical analysis shows that head injuries occur more often in pedelec accidents (42.2%) compared to conventional bicycle accidents (35.7%). In addition, there are 21.8% more driving accidents (i.e., single-vehicle accidents such as collisions against objects or falls) involving pedelecs compared to 12.0% for conventional bicycle accidents. Finally, this study shows that pedelec riders tend to be much older than bicyclists, and the injury pattern of bicyclists and pedelec riders seems to depend on the age of the rider: with increasing age a rising risk of head injuries occurs and, therefore, the use of bicycle helmets is an important factor for injury prevention.

摘要

汉诺威医学院的科研团队针对GIDAS项目（德国深度事故研究）收集的2009年至2015年的数据用作研究样本。结果：与传统的自行车事故相比，电动自行车事故中受伤的发生率没有更高或更严重。对于涉及电动自行车的事故，几乎只能观察到MAIS 1和2的严重程度（轻度/中度），只有一例严重受伤（MAIS 3），而对于传统自行车骑行者的事故（最大事故伤害严重度）MAIS 3+发生率更高，为4.3％。统计分析表明，与传统的自行车事故（35.7％）相比，电动自行车事故（42.2％）中头部受伤的发生率更高。此外，还有21.8％的驾驶事故（即，涉及电动自行车的单车事故（例如与物体碰撞或跌落），而传统自行车事故为12.0％。最后，这项研究表明，电动脚踏车的骑手比自行车手年龄大得多，自行车手和电动脚踏车的伤害模式似乎取决于骑手的年龄：随着年龄的增长，发生头部受伤的风险增加，因此，使用自行车头盔是预防伤害的重要因素。