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February 2025
Department of City and Regional Planning and Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA. Electronic address:
The gig economy, characterized by short-term, task-based work facilitated via digital platforms, has raised various occupational safety concerns, including road safety risks and heat exposure faced by on-demand food delivery (ODFD) workers. Often using open modes of transportation, such as motorcycles and bicycles, these workers have minimal physical protection and direct environmental exposure while working long hours on the road, interacting with larger vehicles. Prior research has suggested that their road risks result from prevalent risky driving incentivized by platform-established business models, but quantitative evidence is lacking.
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August 2024
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
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- The study analyzed facial fractures related to road traffic accidents (RTAs) using a national database from 2018-2021, marking the first comprehensive investigation of its kind in the U.S.
- Out of 154,185 identified facial fractures, 17% were linked to RTAs, with the majority occurring in younger and predominantly Hispanic patients, and the most common types of fractures being mandibular, frontal, and orbital.
- Results showed that RTA patients faced higher rates of multiple fractures, longer hospital stays, higher treatment costs, and slightly increased mortality rates compared to those with non-RTA related fractures.
The Burden of Injuries Associated With E-Bikes, Powered Scooters, Hoverboards, and Bicycles in the United States: 2019‒2022.
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Kathryn G. Burford is with the Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY. Nicole G. Itzkowitz and Andrew G. Rundle are with the Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University. Charles DiMaggio is with the Department of Surgery, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY. Stephen J. Mooney is with the Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle.
To describe the national burden of injuries associated with e-bikes, bicycles, hoverboards, and powered scooters (micromobility devices) in the United States. We compared patterns and trends for 1 933 296 estimated injuries associated with micromobility devices from 2019 to 2022 using National Electronic Injury Surveillance System data. The population-based rates of e-bike and powered scooter injuries increased by 293.
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Department of Social and Behavioural Change, School of Public Health, University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana.
Road traffic accident is a leading cause of death and various life deformities worldwide. This burden is even higher among motorcycle riders in lower-to-middle-income countries. Despite the various interventions made to address the menace, the fatalities continue to be on the ascendency.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe epidemiology and outcomes of severe road traffic injury by road user type in Korea: A nationwide retrospective observational study.
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Laboratory of Emergency Medical Services, Seoul National University Hospital Biomedical Research Institute, Seoul, South Korea; Department of Emergency Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine and Hospital, Seoul, South Korea; Disaster Medicine Research Center, Seoul National University Medical Research Center, Seoul, South Korea.
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- Road traffic injuries (RTIs) are a major public health issue in Korea, heavily affecting vulnerable road users (VRUs) and this study focuses on evaluating the severe RTI cases from 2016 to 2020 using a nationwide trauma registry.
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