Collisions with another person while skiing and snowboarding: A 13-year national registry analysis

•Collisions predominantly occurred on slopes during a downhill run; collisions of two snowboarders more often also occurred in terrain parks.•In collisions head injuries were the most frequent location, contusions, strains or sprains and fractures the most frequent type of injury.•In skier versus sn...

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Published in:Injury 2022-07, Vol.53 (7), p.2485-2492
Main Authors: Wallner, Bernd, Rugg, Christopher, Paal, Peter, Ströhle, Mathias
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Collision
Downhill skiing
Head protective device
Risk
Snowboarding
Wounds and injuries
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Summary:•Collisions predominantly occurred on slopes during a downhill run; collisions of two snowboarders more often also occurred in terrain parks.•In collisions head injuries were the most frequent location, contusions, strains or sprains and fractures the most frequent type of injury.•In skier versus snowboarder collisions the skier had a nearly eight-fold higher risk of being injured more severely.•Skiers wearing a helmet had an increased risk for being the more severely injured when colliding with another skier.•Risk factors for being the more severely injured in collisions were female gender and standing or sitting in the snow prior to the collision. Interindividual collisions while skiing or snowboarding occur regularly, they can be associated with severe injuries. To elucidate causes of accidents, injury patterns and potential risk factors for injury severity in interindividual collisions of skiers and snowboarders. Retrospective analysis of the Austrian Registry for Mountain Accidents within a 13-year timeframe (2005–2018) with regard to on- or off-piste collisions of skiers and snowboarders. A total of 30,503 collisions, involving 52,430 (85.9%) skiers and 8,576 (14.1%) snowboarders were analysed. Denominators are lacking, since total numbers of skiers and snowboarders were not available. Compared to skiers, snowboarders were younger (23 vs. 42 years; p
ISSN:0020-1383
1879-0267
DOI:10.1016/j.injury.2022.05.029