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- Bicycle riders' knowledge and experience of structural weakness in bicycles https://injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/early/2025/03/31/ip-2024-045518 63 comments
- Disparities Seen in Unintentional Firearm Mortality Across U.S. States. Three factors emerged as significant in a multivariable model predicting unintentional firearms mortality by state: percent White, below the poverty level, and owning firearms https://injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/early/2024/06/28/ip-2024-045268 70 comments science
- Comparison of the number of pedestrian and cyclist injuries captured in police data compared with health service utilisation data in Toronto, Canada 2016–2021 https://injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/early/2024/01/09/ip-2023-044974 3 comments science
- California’s ‘red flag’ law utilized for 58 threatened mass shootings. Researchers found among the individuals who had firearms temporarily removed with a restraining order, almost 30% had an assault-type weapon such as an AR or AK-style rifle. https://injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/early/2022/06/01/injuryprev-2022-044544 1751 comments science
- An study has found that lowering city speed limits to 20mph (30kmh) was associated with a 60% drop in fatal road injuries after controlling for trends over time and areas. https://injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/early/2019/07/13/injuryprev-2019-043305 9 comments science
- Among the 6 in 10 firearm owners in the United States who have received any formal firearms training, only about 50% received instruction on safe handling or storage during those trainings. The U.S. experiences about 20,000 unintentional gun injuries per year and about 500 deaths. https://injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/early/2019/03/15/injuryprev-2018-043126 193 comments science
- Almost a billion dollars is being spent on cycling accidents (mainly men) and it's on the rise http://injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/early/2017/04/24/injuryprev-2016-042281 23 comments science
- In response to the 1996 Port Arthur massacre, Australia enacted strict gun control laws. Here's what happened next... http://m.injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/12/6/365.full 29 comments politics
- New study finds that separated cycle tracks are indeed safer than riding with automobile traffic. http://injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/early/2011/02/02/ip.2010.028696.short?q=w_injuryprevention_ahead_tab 6 comments bicycling