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27/08/2008Less injuries seen by hospitals but cyclists remain vulnerable

Less injuries seen by hospitals but cyclists remain vulnerable An official report says 900,000 people are treated each year in hospital accident and emergency departments for bodily injuries. Every year 5,300 people die from their injuries or on their way to hospital.

The medical treatment of physical injuries is costing the health service EUR 3.6 billion a year. This does not include the wider costs to society such as losses incurred because of traffic jams following road accidents.
 
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The report was written by researchers at the National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Consumers and Safety, and Rotterdam's Erasmus Medical Centre. 
Most of the findings are based on figures from 2005, when there was a 22-percent decrease in the number of people being treated by accident and emergency departments.                                    Photo by Flickr
 
The number of deaths as a result of accidents, suicides and violence has fallen over recent years; road fatalities are down from about 1,000 in 2001 to 760 in 2007.
However, this encouraging trend does not apply to vulnerable grou
ps such as cyclists, casualties of falls and suicides. The researchers say these groups could profit from preventive measures.
 
The researchers argue there is not enough cooperation between official institutions on the general prevention of injury. They favour, for example, measures to discourage the use of alcohol, which as well as improving road safety, would also lessen the number of falls, violent incidents and suicides.
 
                        
                                                  Photo by flickr
 
They also believe road safety organisations and groups combatting violence in society should work together to target young people who are statistically more likely to become victims of road accidents and violence.
 
27 August 2008 
 
Radio Netherlands


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