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The High Price of the Economical Motorbike

Andrea Cracchiolo III, MD; Martin E. Blazina, MD; Donald S. MacKinnon, MD

JAMA. 1968;204(1):77-78.

Abstract
Motorcycle accidents increase each year. The severe injuries they produce have become almost an epidemic. This study focuses attention on injuries incurred by a specific segment of the population, the university student. The cases of all severely injured students requiring hospitalization were reviewed as to etiology and injury. Although 55% of the students at the University of California, drive automobiles and only 6 1/2% use motorcycles, the number of students injured by motorcycles was greater than those injured by automobiles by a ratio of 2:1.

Author Affiliations
From the departments of surgery and orthopedics and the Student Health Service, University of California School of Medicine, Los Angeles.

Footnotes
Reprint requests to 10833 Le Conte, Los Angeles 90024 (Dr. Cracchiolo).

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