Abstract
This report presents the findings of the Case-Control Study of Motorcycle Crashes. The cases comprised 222 motorcycle crashes occurring on public roads in the Melbourne metropolitan area from late November 1995 to 30 January 1997 in which the rider or pillion was taken to one of the participating hospitals or died. The controls were 1195 motorcyclist trips which passed the crash site at the same time of day and day of week that the crash occurred. The study collected three types of information: detailed descriptive information about the crash and the resultant injuries; comparison of features of cases and controls; motorcycle exposure information (gathered as part of collection of control data). (A)