ATV INJURIES IN ALBERTA2002-2013

DATA SOURCESDeaths:

• Data obtained from Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, Alberta

• Includes 4-wheeled ATVs (does include utility vehicles side-by-side) deaths occurring within Alberta of Alberta residents

• Death date between January 1, 2002 and December 31, 2013Major Trauma:• Data was provided by the Alberta Trauma Registry. The Alberta Trauma Registry includes injuries

with a severity score >=12. The injury severity score is an internationally recognized scoring system developed to assign a level of severity to an injury. The higher the score there is an increase in severity and mortality.

Hospital Admissions and Emergency Department Visits:

• Data obtained from Alberta Health Interactive Database

• Includes ATV-related hospital admissions and emergency department visits with admission/visit date between January 1, 2004 and December 31, 2013

• Data is not corrected for the number of ATV participants, the number of kilometers driven, the number of hours riding, the number of used/registered ATVs

NUMBER OF ATV-RELATED DEATHS BY YEARALBERTA, 2002-2013

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

Number of Deaths

11 10 10 13 22 18 19 18 15 19 18 12

Age-Stnd Rate

0.37269991434855

1

0.29790863741137

9

0.29714365311184

2

0.39060407384273

3

0.65699997076801

6

0.50912609173687

5

0.48348897216381

4

0.48838295381503

0.42437041474348

3

0.49153351666228

4

0.51217889268368

1

0.30583642479570

8

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7.5

12.5

17.5

22.5

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NUMBER OF DEATHS BY MONTH OF INCIDENTALBERTA, 2002-2013

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec0

5

10

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20

25

30

35

46

3

19

2926

30

26

19

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LOCATION OF INCIDENT ALBERTA, 2002-2013

Bush/Field85

46%

Highway/Roadway Ditch51

42%Other

148%

Farm7

4%

GENDER BREAKDOWNALBERTA, 2002-2013

Female28

15%

Male15785%

DRIVER/PASSENGER BREAKDOWNALBERTA, 2002-2013

Driver15785%

Passenger22

12%

Loading/unloading3

2%

Pedestrian3

2%

NUMBER AND RATE OF DEATHS BY AGE GROUPALBERTA, 2002-2013

<16 16-19 20-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+ <16 16-19 20-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+

# of Deaths

33 12 32 29 24 25 17 13

Crude Rate

0.385599607389491

0.506343641927279

0.984154194818859

0.433427416974363

0.370772441040616

0.390675299444804

0.396535585220046

0.303074386577442

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28

33

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NUMBER OF DEATHS BY TIME OF INCIDENT/LAST TIME SEEN

ALBERTA, 2002-2013

midnight-05:59 06:00-11:59 12:00-17:59 18:00-23:59 Unknown0

10

20

30

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NUMBER OF DEATHS BY INCIDENT TYPEALBERTA, 2002-2013

Rollover/Flip96

52%

Struck-tree22

12%

Collision-vehicle/truck148%

Thrown126%

Other116%

Collision-other9

5%

Collision-ATV9

5%

Struck-other5

3%

Loading/Unloading4

2%

Struck-post3

2%

DRIVERS TESTED-RESULTS OF ALCOHOLCONSUMPTION

ALBERTA, 2002-2013

Positive for Al-cohol

7155%

Negative for Alcohol

5945%

DRIVERS- BLOOD ALCOHOL CONCENTRATIONALBERTA, 2002-2013

<0.05%5

7%

0.05-0.08%12

17%

>0.08%54

76%

HELMET USAGE BY AGE GROUPALBERTA, 2002-2013

<16 16-19 20-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

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HELMET USAGE BY GENDERALBERTA, 2002-2013

No-helmet10368%

Yes-helmet

3221%

Unknown15

10%

Not Done Correctly

21%

Male

n=152

Female

n=27

No-helmet

1659%

Yes-helmet

830%

Unknown3

11%

HELMET USAGE BY DRIVER/PASSENGERALBERTA, 2002-2013

Driver (n=155) Passenger (n=22)

No-helmet

10668%

Yes-helmet

3522%

Unknown149%

Not Done

Correctly2

1%

No-helmet

1359%

Unknown4

18%

Yes-helmet

523%

NUMBER/PERCENT BY CAUSE OF DEATHALBERTA, 2002-2013

Head Injury74

41%

Multiple Injuries33

18%

Chest Injury169%

Asphyxiation148%

Blunt Force Trauma19

11%

Neck Injury9

5%

Other7

4%

Drowning7

4%

HEAD INJURY AND HELMET USAGEALBERTA, 2002-2013

No-Helmet57

77%

Yes-Helmet11

15%

Unknown5

7%

Not Done Correctly1

1%

FARM RELATED-DEATHSALBERTA, 2002-2013

• There were 17 farm activity-related deaths or deaths specifically documented having occurred on a farm

• 5 deaths involved herding/moving animals

• 4 were children less than 16 yrs of age all were drivers

• Majority, 14 deceased were not wearing a helmet. Only 1 was wearing a helmet and in 2 deaths helmet use was unknown.

SEX, MAJOR ATV TRAUMA ADMISSIONS (ISS >=12) AT ALBERTA LEVEL 1-3 TRAUMA CENTRES

2009-2013

Male80%

Female20%

Source: Alberta Trauma Registry, 2009 - 2013

MAJOR ATV TRAUMA ADMISSIONS AND RATE (ISS ≥ 12) AT ALBERTA LEVEL 1 -3 TRAUMA CENTRES

2009-2013

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Total 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Total

Age < 17 15 9 16 11 14 NaN

Age >= 17 95 93 76 94 110 NaN

Rate < 17 yrs 1.94484926121659

1.15292676865371

2.0221271260771

1.36380655767786

1.69629323578839

NaN

Rate >=17 yrs

3.28450484706481

3.16833356215742

2.54943556838324

3.06892979561907

3.47916957915332

NaN

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30

50

70

90

110

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Source: Alberta Trauma Registry, 2009 - 2013

% MAJOR ATV TRAUMA ADMISSIONS (ISS >=12) TESTED FOR BLOOD ALCOHOL CONTENT (BAC)

2009-2013

Were Tested Positive BAC Over Legal Limit

75%

43%36%

Source: Alberta Trauma Registry, 2009 - 2013

MAJOR ATV TRAUMA ADMISSIONS (ISS >=12), HELMET USE, AND HEAD INJURY

% major trauma patients % with head injury % with severe head injury0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

39% 40%

16%

61%66%

38%

HelmetNo Helmet

Source: Alberta Trauma Registry, 2009 - 2013

ANNUAL HOSPITAL ADMISSION NUMBERS AND RATESALBERTA, 2004-2013

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

Number Admissions

542 603 670 726 791 799 706 590 692 678

Trend Rate

16.98 18.12 19.34 20.64 22.03 20.82 19.68 18.6 17.58 16.61

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ANNUAL EMERGENCY DEPT. VISIT NUMBERS AND RATESALBERTA, 2004-2013

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

Number Visits

3902 4561 5428 5710 6050 6033 5458 4683 5326 5178

Trend Rate

122.93 138.14 155.23 174.43 166.69 159.29 152.22 145.46 139 132.83

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