Active transportation is healthy and environmentally friendly transport using e-mobility devices (e.g. e-bikes, e-scooters). The use of these devices is rapidly increasing; however, active transport (AT) users have no protection in event of a collision or fall and often sustain serious injuries. Unfortunately, prevention efforts are hindered by limited research on the circumstances, associated road infrastructure and injury pattern of AT injury events (ATIs), especially involving e-mobility devices.
The Circumstances of Active Transport Injuries (CATI) Study will build on prior CIHR-funded research (ATICO Study) to generate evidence for city and provincial transport planners and policy makers to inform prevention measures. The study will 1) Describe the circumstances of traffic injuries involving AT users, the associated road infrastructure, and the injuries they sustained; 2) Identify built environment (BE) features associated with severe ATIs.
This cross-sectional study will aim to recruit about 3000 ATI survivors from 6 hospital sites in 4 Canadian Cities: Vancouver, Surrey, Edmonton, and Toronto. Data for this study will come from interviews with individuals who present to the Emergency Department (ED) within 48 hours following an ATI such as trip and fall, or collisions with other road users, etc. Through the interview, we will get road hazards and other circumstances that may have contributed to the event. We will using Google Map to classify the built environment infrastructures at the event location. These event locations are mapped using Geographic Information System (GIS) below. The study started in May 2026 and we plan to continue for 2 years.
GIS (Map) will be coming soon.
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For more information, please contact Lina Jae, Research Coordinator, emed.cati@ubc.ca