Injury mechanisms in cycling accidents resulting in fractures
Research Project, 2017

The main purpose of this project is to analyse data on bicycle accidents in a new way. The analysis will, among other things, form the basis for guidelines for designing personal protection for cyclists and prioritizing measures in cyclists' infrastructure. The aim will be achieved by utilizing two existing national databases, the Swedish Fracture Register (SFR) and Strada (Swedish TRaffic Accident Data Acquisition), and matching them with personal identification number. This gives opportunity to find a correlation between fracture types (SFR has detailed information about fractures) and the event sequence of the accident (Strada contains information about the accident event, the vehicle, road conditions and the like).

Participants

Mats Svensson (contact)

Chalmers, Mechanics and Maritime Sciences (M2), Vehicle Safety

Marianne Andersson

Person Injury Prevention

Jordanka Kovaceva

Chalmers, Mechanics and Maritime Sciences (M2), Vehicle Safety

Per Lövsund

Applied Mechanics

Lauren Meredith

Chalmers, Mechanics and Maritime Sciences (M2), Vehicle Safety

Collaborations

Region Västra Götaland

Vänersborg, Sweden

Funding

Swedish Transport Administration

Project ID: Skyltfonden2016/86288
Funding Chalmers participation during 2017

Related Areas of Advance and Infrastructure

Sustainable development

Driving Forces

Transport

Areas of Advance

Life Science Engineering (2010-2018)

Areas of Advance

Publications

More information

Latest update

3/16/2020