https://amp.abc.net.au/article/102550542Cyclists and horseriders often end up in hospital, but keep returning to the sports they love
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Sports risks
Postby am50em » Sun Jul 02, 2023 6:29 pm
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Re: Sports risks
Postby foo on patrol » Mon Jul 03, 2023 6:15 am
You can break bones getting out of bed or walking to the toilet.
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Postby familyguy » Mon Jul 03, 2023 9:25 am
That said, every MTB'er I know has been in hospital at least once. Not so for the roadies.
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Re: Sports risks
Postby Mr Purple » Mon Jul 03, 2023 10:19 am
I think you picked it. Cycling simply has far more participants than the others, therefore has more injuries.
Reminds me of an article in the Courier Mail a few years back complaining that Queensland Health was responsible for 30% of government car crashes. They had 60% of the cars.
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Re: Sports risks
Postby trailgumby » Mon Jul 03, 2023 11:49 am
Per 100,000 assumes that everybody spends the same time doing the different activities.
Hospitalisation rates at Bare Creek Bike Park are quite shocking. Council has been forced to start putting in intermediate skills progression parks nearby as peer pressure inevitably leads to kids taking on runs they are not ready for, and emergency staff at Northern Beaches Hospital have started calling for the site to be shut down.
The real problem is that parents drop their kids off and then go home to mow the lawn or watch soaps Netflix, instead of staying to supervise as they are supposed to.
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Re: Sports risks
Postby Mr Purple » Mon Jul 03, 2023 12:34 pm
I cut through Daisy Hill on my commute to work yesterday and was almost taken out by two separate morons absolutely belting their e-bikes downhill on the far right side of the fire trail without giving way. Pretty sure if they didn't have e-bikes they wouldn't have got up that hill in the first place.
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Re: Sports risks
Postby am50em » Mon Jul 03, 2023 1:14 pm
https://www.aihw.gov.au/getmedia/fbff13 ... nline=true
This report looks at injury hospitalisations for pedal cyclists in 2015–16, as well as trend
information for deaths and hospitalisations from 1999–00 to 2015–16.
In 2015–16:
• about 12,000 cyclists were hospitalised due to injuries sustained in a crash—this
was 1 in 5 of the 60,000 people hospitalised due to injury in a land transport crash
• nearly 6 in 10 of hospitalised cyclists were injured in an on-road crash (6,900 or 58%),
and the rest were injured off-road
• nearly 6 in 10 hospitalised cyclists had sustained a fracture, with the most common
injury being a fractured upper limb.
Between 1999–00 and 2015–16:
• 651 cyclists died, an average of 38 deaths a year
• of cyclists who died, nearly 8 in 10 were aged 25 and over, and 9 in 10 were male
• nearly 160,000 cyclists were hospitalised, an average of more than 9,000 each year
• across all ages, the rate of hospitalisation rose by an average of 1.5% each year
• the proportion aged 25 and over rose, while the proportion aged under 25 fell
• modelling showed a non-statistically-significant decline in cyclist deaths of 1% per year.
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Re: Sports risks
Postby g-boaf » Sat Jul 08, 2023 6:17 am
Not as likely though.foo on patrol wrote: ↑Mon Jul 03, 2023 6:15 amPfffffft, if you love the sport, you will take the knock downs in your stride.
You can break bones getting out of bed or walking to the toilet.
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On the flip side doing nothing you get unfit and unhealthy.
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Re: Sports risks
Postby Thoglette » Sat Jul 08, 2023 7:20 pm
Which is, again, complete rubbish as long as you bundle "cycling" into one big pot.
This is safe as walking (and likely safer than getting out of the bath)
(from Vox on Dutch Cycling)
Whereas this
The Week UK
and this
Single Tracks
are completely different.
I was trying to find Richie Porte's downhill stack from a few years back, where he was judged to be "lucky" to break his pelvis and colarbone. That's footage I'll never forget!
Then there's the seriously risky - Ned Hart at Shipstern Bluff last month.
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Re: Sports risks
Postby robbo mcs » Sat Jul 08, 2023 7:33 pm
https://www.cbs.nl/en-gb/news/2023/16/m ... ts-over-75
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Re: Sports risks
Postby uart » Sat Jul 08, 2023 8:25 pm
Thoglette wrote: ↑Sat Jul 08, 2023 7:20 pmThen there's the seriously risky - Ned Hart at Shipstern Bluff last month.
Yes, that video nicely illustrates why we need some draconian laws and fines to regulate the following type of activity. /sarcasm
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Re: Sports risks
Postby am50em » Sat Jul 08, 2023 8:57 pm
Particularly among cyclists over 50 might be more accurate from table in article. May be need smaller age ranges to see where the inflexion point is.robbo mcs wrote: ↑Sat Jul 08, 2023 7:33 pmInterestingly the Dutch experience is ...
https://www.cbs.nl/en-gb/news/2023/16/m ... ts-over-75
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Re: Sports risks
Postby warthog1 » Sat Jul 08, 2023 9:48 pm
Thanks to you both for pointing out some holes in the fairytale we are often fed.am50em wrote: ↑Sat Jul 08, 2023 8:57 pmParticularly among cyclists over 50 might be more accurate from table in article. May be need smaller age ranges to see where the inflexion point is.robbo mcs wrote: ↑Sat Jul 08, 2023 7:33 pmInterestingly the Dutch experience is ...
https://www.cbs.nl/en-gb/news/2023/16/m ... ts-over-75
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Re: Sports risks
Postby uart » Sun Jul 09, 2023 9:53 am
Yes, the graphs in that report are very revealing. The fatality rate for over 75 y.o. cyclists is a massive proportion, now accounting for the majority of all cyclist deaths there. I wonder how many of those over 75 years old would even be cycling at all without e-bikes?robbo mcs wrote: ↑Sat Jul 08, 2023 7:33 pmThat is felt to be largely due to an increase in elderly riders, and also e-bikes
https://www.cbs.nl/en-gb/news/2023/16/m ... ts-over-75
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Re: Sports risks
Postby uart » Sun Jul 09, 2023 10:21 am
TBH I think that you are just reading into those figures what you want to read. The reality is that the entire uptick in cyclist fatalities there can pretty much accounted for by just the 75+ year old rider fatality rates alone. No fairies or other folklore beings actually needed in that explanation.
It's an interesting dilemma though. On one hand, the health benefits of cycling to people of that age would be absolutely enormous, and there's no doubt that ebikes do enable them to keep cycling into later life. On the other hand however, it seems clear from the Netherlands' data that there are some real problems with the fragility of the elderly and the enhanced speed offered them via ebikes.
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Re: Sports risks
Postby warthog1 » Sun Jul 09, 2023 10:47 am
TBH I think some would like to view Dutch cycling as devoid of risk.uart wrote: ↑Sun Jul 09, 2023 10:21 amTBH I think that you are just reading into those figures what you want to read. The reality is that the entire uptick in cyclist fatalities there can pretty much accounted for by just the 75+ year old rider fatality rates alone. No fairies or other folklore beings actually needed in that explanation.
It's an interesting dilemma though. On one hand, the health benefits of cycling to people of that age would be absolutely enormous, and there's no doubt that ebikes do enable them to keep cycling into later life. On the other hand however, it seems clear from the Netherlands' data that there are some real problems with the fragility of the elderly and the enhanced speed offered them via ebikes.
I am reading that no, utility cycling is not always safe.
I wonder how many 75 year olds were racing, mtb riding or fast bunch riding?
One of the most frequent calls in my line of work is an older person who has fallen.
Yep, getting on a bicycle carries with it the risk of falling.
Falling and falling at faster speed, increases the risk of negative health consequences.
That applies at any age but the risk increases as age increases
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Re: Sports risks
Postby Retrobyte » Sun Jul 09, 2023 11:07 am
Yes, this nails it I think. Even comparatively minor falls can cause serious injuries or worse for the elderly. Bones are more brittle, skin tears easily, they can be on blood thinning medication that can exacerbate bleeding and internal bleeding etc. When she was 79 mother had a fall on level ground while walking in a hurry and broke her jaw, shoulder, and several ribs. Not surprised that a fall from a bike if you are over 75 could be nasty even at low speed.warthog1 wrote: ↑Sun Jul 09, 2023 10:47 amOne of the most frequent calls in my line of work is an older person who has fallen.
Yep, getting on a bicycle carries with it the risk of falling.
Falling and falling at faster speed, increases the risk of negative health consequences.
That applies at any age but the risk increases as age increases
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Re: Sports risks
Postby Retrobyte » Sun Jul 09, 2023 11:16 am
Cycling - torn rib cartilege; broken rib; road rash
Rugby league/union - torn ACL (surgery); broken nose; concussion; head cuts
Baseball - torn calf; broken thumb
Cricket - fractured finger
Soccer - fractured foot
Hockey - ten stitches in forehead
Surfing - sutures for fin cut to head
Skiing - concussion
And despite the injuries and risks, I always kept coming back for more
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Re: Sports risks
Postby uart » Sun Jul 09, 2023 12:01 pm
A lot of people (myself included) are impressed with their cycling culture there. Nothing can be 100% safe, but the Dutch cycle a total of close to 20 billion km per year (several billion trips per year), and we're talking about a 200 fatalities p.a. over about a 20 year average.
Last time I compared the statistics there with those of Australia, they had approximately a fifth the number of head injuries per bicycle trip made, and about a third the number by kms travelled.
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Re: Sports risks
Postby warthog1 » Sun Jul 09, 2023 12:10 pm
They have a great deal of separated infrastructure. We don't have this and are unlikely to have it anytime soon.uart wrote: ↑Sun Jul 09, 2023 12:01 pmA lot of people (myself included) are impressed with their cycling culture there. Nothing can be 100% safe, but the Dutch cycle a total of close to 20 billion km per year (several billion trips per year), and we're talking about a 200 fatalities p.a. over about a 20 year average.
Last time I compared the statistics there with those of Australia, they had approximately a fifth the number of head injuries per bicycle trip made, and about a third the number by kms travelled.
Greater population density and shorter routes.
I don't see them as comparable.
Sure the infrastructure is an aspiration but I won't be seeing it in my lifetime I don't expect.
Holland is anything but perfect imo.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-53261944
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Re: Sports risks
Postby uart » Sun Jul 09, 2023 1:28 pm
Resorting to criticisms of racism and colonialism? This is getting way off topic so I"ll bow out.warthog1 wrote: ↑Sun Jul 09, 2023 12:10 pm.Holland is anything but perfect imo.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-53261944
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Re: Sports risks
Postby warthog1 » Sun Jul 09, 2023 4:36 pm
I didn't introduce Holland to the discussion, nor did I make a comparison between their cycling injury rates and ours or intimate that they were somehow comparable.uart wrote: ↑Sun Jul 09, 2023 1:28 pmResorting to criticisms of racism and colonialism? This is getting way off topic so I"ll bow out.warthog1 wrote: ↑Sun Jul 09, 2023 12:10 pm.Holland is anything but perfect imo.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-53261944
Colonialism?
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/07/07/euro ... index.html
Simply pointing out that what held up as a cycling Shangri La is not without fault. That seems as valid to me as comparing the fatality rates of 2 places that are so poles apart in terms of cycling infrastructure.
Is it more off topic than mandatory helmet laws?
Glad we are finished discussing such nondense.
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