However, the researchers said the rate of non-wearing of a helmet could be even higher than 50 per cent due to incomplete data on some patients.
Researchers conducted a retrospective study of cycling injuries linked to the Luas tracks from patients who presented at St James’s emergency department between November 2017 and November 2019., showed four cyclists required immediate orthopaedic surgery while three others were admitted for surgery from the fracture clinic.
Ms Smith said crossing the Luas tracks at a direct 90 degree angle would reduce the risk of a wheel getting caught. The study observed that it had gathered data on just one of six adult emergency departments in Dublin city, and that many cyclists may not receive medical attention, or instead visit their GP or a private minor injuries unit.
“From our point of view, anything that causes injury to cyclists is something we need to prevent. We want to ensure that all our cyclists can safely cycle on the road. The way we can ensure this is to continue the expansion of segregated cycle lanes,” she said.
This is well known the world over. That's why several companies have developed rubber liners for tracks at busy intersections. These are being rolled-out in several German cities and I am sure elsewhere.
This should be a good thread. Someone needs to cover their tracks before the Greens come after them…
Darwinism in action. We should probably take the tracks up and just have the cycle lane instead or if that makes no sense at all, we can just take up the tarmac and replace with a soft bouncy type surface 🤔
Cyclists being a nuisance as usual.