Injury · 2026
Incidence of severe mountain bike-related injuries and mortality: A 15-year statewide analysis.
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Course Gillian, Sharman James E, Otahal Petr, Tran Viet
Аннотация
BACKGROUND: Mountain biking has grown in popularity and has seen widespread trail development but carries risk for severe trauma. No studies have analysed severe injuries in the context of contemporary mountain biking to understand trends and modifiable risk factors.
AIM: To describe the incidence and longitudinal characteristics of severe injuries related to mountain biking in Tasmania, Australia.
METHODS: Retrospective analysis of all patients admitted to Tasmanian public hospitals with severe mountain bike (MTB)-related injuries from 1st January 2010-31 st December 2024.
MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Incidence of severe MTB-related injuries (including mortality) as defined by hospital admission to an intensive care unit or neurosurgery high dependency unit; for emergency surgery (in <4 h); or transfer intra- or interstate for definitive treatment. Secondary outcomes were annual injury trends in mechanism of injury, body regions, injury profiles, and incident location.
RESULTS: For the total period there were 85 severe injuries (including 4 mortalities) from 6643 MTB-related emergency department (ED) presentations. Annual severe MTB-related cases increased over the 15 years from 0.8 cases/year before 2015, to 8.1 cases/year in later years. Severe injury cases accounted for only 1.3% of all MTB-related ED presentations. Most severely injured riders were male (97%); the mean age was 36 years (SD 16.9) for the total period, but this increased from 18.5 years (SD 5.8) pre-2015-36.9 years (SD 16.8) post-2015. Executing a jump was the dominant mechanism of injury (44%), followed by fall over handlebars (14%), obstacle collision (11%) and adverse trail conditions (9%). The most injured body regions were abdomen (31%), neck (23%) and thorax/chest (20%). The most common types of injuries were fracture/dislocation (44%), abdominal organ injury (24%) and thoracic organ injury (15%). Spinal cord injury occurred in 6% of cases and traumatic brain injury in 7%. Over 50% of severe injury incidents occurred on purpose-built MTB trails.
CONCLUSIONS: Severe MTB-related injuries increased proportionally to all MTB-related injuries suggesting the increase was largely driven by rider exposure. Targeted injury prevention strategies, safe trail design, and understanding risk factors are needed to ensure safe progression of this popular sport.
AIM: To describe the incidence and longitudinal characteristics of severe injuries related to mountain biking in Tasmania, Australia.
METHODS: Retrospective analysis of all patients admitted to Tasmanian public hospitals with severe mountain bike (MTB)-related injuries from 1st January 2010-31 st December 2024.
MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Incidence of severe MTB-related injuries (including mortality) as defined by hospital admission to an intensive care unit or neurosurgery high dependency unit; for emergency surgery (in <4 h); or transfer intra- or interstate for definitive treatment. Secondary outcomes were annual injury trends in mechanism of injury, body regions, injury profiles, and incident location.
RESULTS: For the total period there were 85 severe injuries (including 4 mortalities) from 6643 MTB-related emergency department (ED) presentations. Annual severe MTB-related cases increased over the 15 years from 0.8 cases/year before 2015, to 8.1 cases/year in later years. Severe injury cases accounted for only 1.3% of all MTB-related ED presentations. Most severely injured riders were male (97%); the mean age was 36 years (SD 16.9) for the total period, but this increased from 18.5 years (SD 5.8) pre-2015-36.9 years (SD 16.8) post-2015. Executing a jump was the dominant mechanism of injury (44%), followed by fall over handlebars (14%), obstacle collision (11%) and adverse trail conditions (9%). The most injured body regions were abdomen (31%), neck (23%) and thorax/chest (20%). The most common types of injuries were fracture/dislocation (44%), abdominal organ injury (24%) and thoracic organ injury (15%). Spinal cord injury occurred in 6% of cases and traumatic brain injury in 7%. Over 50% of severe injury incidents occurred on purpose-built MTB trails.
CONCLUSIONS: Severe MTB-related injuries increased proportionally to all MTB-related injuries suggesting the increase was largely driven by rider exposure. Targeted injury prevention strategies, safe trail design, and understanding risk factors are needed to ensure safe progression of this popular sport.