Comparison of the number of pedestrian and cyclist injuries captured in police data compared with health service utilisation data in Toronto, Canada 2016-2021.
Alison K MacphersonBrandon ZagorskiRefik SaskinAndrew William HowardM Anne HarrisSima NaminLinda RothmanPublished in: Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention (2024)
While police-reported data are important, it under-reports the burden. There have been increases in cyclist collisions not involving motor vehicles and decreases in pedestrian injuries since the start of the pandemic. The results suggest that using police data alone when planning for road safety is inadequate, and that linkage with other health service data is essential.