10. Edinburgh
Orthopaedic
Trauma
Unit
Cyclists
mostly
upper
limb
fractures
• clavicle
21%
• elbow
proximal
radius
17%
• distal
radius
and
ulna
13%
90%
open
fractures
caused
by
cycling
-‐
upper
limb
11. Edinburgh
accident
epidemiology
of
fractures
%
n/105/yr
Average
M/F
(%)
Open
MulDple
age
(yrs)
fractures
fractures
(%)
(%)
Cyclist
46.7
32.5
40.2
81/19
6.0
8.6
Motorcyclist
21.7
15.1
41.0
90/10
10.3
21.3
Pedestrian
17.5
12.2
48.8
62/38
3.2
24.4
V e h i c l e
10.2
7.1
47.2
76/24
8.1
34.8
driver
V e h i c l e
2.2
1.5
29.6
50/50
0
16.7
passenger
