Samenvatting
A study conducted in the summer of 1973 in Ottawa, Canada of motorcycle accident injuries is reported. Accident investigators gathered accident data and photographs at the scene, and medical data after the victim was hospitalized. A total 133 injured persons (108 drivers and 25 passengers, 16 of whom were female) were involved. The 16-25 age group was found the most vulnerable. Lack of training and inexperience played a role in 35 of the cases and in only 6 of the accident injuries were drugs or alcohol a factor.