BMX bicycles: accident comparison with other models.

BMX bicycles: accident comparison with other models.

A comparison has been made between BMX bicycle accidents and those occurring when children ride other types of bicycle. The injuries sustained are compared to see if the clinical impressions that BMX are more dangerous, and produce more facial injuries, are correct. This was found not to be true as half the children involved rode BMX bicycles, and the injuries sustained were similar to those oc...

Comparing Nuclear Accident Risks with Those from Other Energy Sources

Comparison with other data

BMX compared with ordinary bicycle accidents.

Three hundred new cases of bicycle accidents were seen in the accident and emergency department in 60 consecutive days. Fifty six per cent were related to ordinary cycles and 44% to BMX cycles. Significantly more children on BMX cycles were boys (94% v 76% on ordinary cycles). Those on BMX cycles were somewhat older and more had had previous accidents. By means of a proforma we investigated the...

Predictive Models from Accident Reports

There has been an enormous amount of resources spent on collecting data related to construction accidents but there are very few researches done on analyzing the collected data beyond trend analysis. This research is based on the premise that construction accident reports can be exploited much more than they currently are to obtain valuable information. Analyzing texts in accident reports in ad...