Table 3

Road traffic accidents with e-bikes or conventional bicycles

E-bikersCyclistsp-value
Accidents
 Accident cases/participants76/1250 (6.1%)26/629 (4.1%)0.080
  Age of cases (years)51.9 (12.2)49.5 (11.7)0.431
 Subgroup women
  Accident cases/participants29/414 (7.0%)3/184 (1.7%)0.026
 Subgroup men
  Accident cases/participants47/836 (5.6%)23/445 (5.2%)0.901
 Accident opponent
  Without opponent (accidents/total accidents)54/79 (68.4%)21/30 (70%)0.868
  Car (accidents/total accidents)13/79 (16.5%)8/30 (26.7%)0.227
  Truck/bus (accidents/total accidents)1/79 (1.3%)1/30 (3.3%)0.473
  Motorcycle (accidents/total accidents)0/79 (0.0%)0/30 (0.0%)
  Bicycle (accidents/total accidents)6/79 (7.6%)0/30 (0.0%)0.120
  Pedestrian (accidents/total accidents)5/79 (6.3%)0/30 (0.0%)0.158
Near accidents
 Accident cases/participants97/1250 (7.8%)60/629 (9.5%)0.187
  Age of cases (years)50.2 (10.6)47.7 (11.4)0.085
 Subgroup women
  Accident cases/participants30/414 (7.2%)9/184 (4.9%)0.369
 Subgroup men
  Accident cases/participants67/836 (8.0%)51/445 (11.4%)0.053
  • The data correspond to the frequencies (%) or the mean; the proportions were calculated within the category of the type of bike. Differences between groups were analysed with the Χ2 test for categorical variables, and Student's t-test for continuous variables; data are n (%) or mean (SD).