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No pain, no gain? Preventing cycling injuries in a world of expanding waist-lines.

Learn how to prevent cycling injuries and promote safe cycling for improved physical and mental well-being, weight management, and reduced CO2 emissions. Discover the factors that contribute to cycling injuries and ways to mitigate the risks.

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No pain, no gain? Preventing cycling injuries in a world of expanding waist-lines.

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  1. No pain, no gain?Preventing cycling injuries in a world of expanding waist-lines. Rob Benington Injury Prevention Manager, Avonsafe Co-ordinator NHS Bristol

  2. Cycling is good for you Physical activity is strongly associated with improvements in: Mental wellbeing Risk of cancer Weight management Cardiovascular health Reduced CO2 emissions/ urban liveability, etc. NHS Bristol wants more people to cycle more often and for longer.

  3. Injuries are bad for you Injury is not inevitable We can reduce risk of injury and increase health benefits at the same time.

  4. “Injuries do not occur by chance. They are largely preventable, non-random events, and not “accidents”. Certain groups of people with certain characteristics are more likely to be injured. By studying how injuries vary within a population, we can begin to gain an understanding of the factors that lead to injury, and how the risk of injury may be reduced”. Injury Prevention, British Medical Association, 2001.

  5. “A total of 3,192 people were killed or seriously injured on UK roads while riding a bicycle last year”. The Times, 5-11-12 A total of 17,653 English cyclists were admitted to hospital with an injury during 2011-12, an increase of 1,611 (9%)on 2010-11. www.hesonline.nhs.uk c. 13% of all attendances at emergency departments are admitted. Ormel, 1999 c. 135,700 cyclists from England and c. 160,000from the UK were admitted to hospital or treated in an emergency department during 2011-12. NHS Bristol, 2012

  6. Travel and transport injuries Non-collision injuries

  7. What stops people cycling?

  8. Non-collision cycling incidents • Caused 69% of cycling-injury admissions in England between (2006-11) • Caused c.95,000 cyclists to seek emergency treatment last year in England • Are preventable • On average, cause less serious injuries than collisions but can be fatal. (70% cause no injury that requires treatment). • Require more research • Impose a removable barrier to starting cycling, keeping cycling and encouraging others to cycle.

  9. Latest findings… www.tinyurl.com\avonsafecycling 1. Slippery road surfaces 2. Poor road surfaces 3. Kerbs and rail lines

  10. Risk management 1. Remove the risk 2. Avoid the risk 3. Mitigate the risk 4. Accept and adapt to the risk 5. Take the risk

  11. 2. Avoidance

  12. 3. Mitigation

  13. 4. Adaptation www.icebikes.org

  14. 5. Acceptance – Informed consent (Thanks to the Highways Agency who designed the poster)

  15. Keeping cyclists safe, keeps cyclists cycling. www.tinyurl.com\avonsafecycling Rob.benington@bristol.nhs.uk

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