Highlights
- •Cycling-related fracture hospitalisations have increased, with off-road cycling admissions nearly doubling between 2013 and 2019.
- •On- and off-road cycling fracture profiles are similar except for wrist fractures which are more common off-road.
- •Almost one-fifth of all BMX-related fractures were skull fractures.
- •Following the one-metre rule introduction, road cycling admissions involving skull, hip, pelvis, or femoral shaft fracture fell; however, this decrease has not persisted.
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