#DYK Road Safety at Work 2023 Road Safety Calendar provides monthly resources and tools to support occupational #roadsafety. Subscribe to read more on this month’s theme: assessing employee driving skills roadsafetyatwork.ca/event/assess-e…

#DYK As of Dec 31, we've recruited 712 PT's in our #ActiveTransportation Study! Including 477 at VGH, 99 at SPH, 86 at SMH & 50 at RCH. VCH Research Institute @BCEmergMedNtwrk C2E2 Cities, Health & Active Transportation Research Fraser Health Saint Pauls Hospital ER Research Group UBC Department of Emergency Medicine

#DYK Parachute’s #VisionZero collection features blogs, case studies, infographics, videos, links to road safety plans in Canada, and many more tools and resources. Read more: ow.ly/aEig50MOBws #ParachuteVZ #RoadSafety

#DYK This week from March 19-25 marks National Impaired Driving Prevention Week! Impaired driving and its consequences are 100% preventable. Help share the message and read more: ow.ly/qmPG50NnhfE #IDPW #GetHomeSafeBC #DriveSafeBC #DontDriveHigh #DriveSober MADD Canada

As of Mar 30th, we've recruited 825 PT's in our #ActiveTransportation Study! Including 516 at VGH, 123 at SPH, 118 at SMH & 68 at RCH. VCH Research Institute @BCEmergMedNtwrk C2E2 Fraser Health Saint Pauls Hospital ER Research Group UBC Department of Emergency Medicine

The UBC Department of Emergency Medicine research team will be participating in BC's largest family run on June 11! In support of BC Children's Hospital you can sponsor our team here: fundraise.bcchf.ca/fundraisers/UB… #RBCRaceForTheKids

#DYK From May 29 to June 4th marks #GoByBikeWeek to promote more cycling in Metro Vancouver! Read more: bikehub.ca/bike-events/go… HUB Cycling

New study from John Staples & our team looked at data for ~3000 drivers in BC. Rates of ED visits for syncope before collision dates (1.6%) & before control dates (1.2%) were the same. ED visits for syncope were not associated with crash risk. Read more: medscape.com/viewarticle/99…

#DYK In the U.S. ~7508 pedestrians were killed in traffic crashes in 2022, that is the most pedestrian deaths since 1981. Pedestrian deaths rose by 77% from 2010 to 2021. GHSA #roadsafety Read more: ghsa.org/resources/Pede…

#DYK Dr. Brubacher & our team found that drivers who tested positive for both alcohol & cannabis were ~7X more likely to cause a crash than drivers not using either. Learn more about #cannabis-#impaireddriving research from a recent @TIRFCANDA report tirf.ca/download-page/…

#DYK that #roundabouts can be safer than stop signs & traffic signals? This is because they use curved approaches that reduce vehicle #speed & require drivers entering it to yield right-of-way to vehicles already in the roundabout. Read more: tirf.ca/blog/roundabou… TIRF Canada

“This evidence could be used to establish workplace commuting recommendations for medical staff who work long hours to ensure that they get home safe,” says Road Safety & Public Health Research research coordinator Bianca Boicu on the lab’s state-of-the-art driving simulation study: vchri.ca/stories/2023/0…

“This evidence could be used to establish workplace commuting recommendations for medical staff who work shifts or long hours to better ensure that they get home safe.” Read about our lab’s Sleepy driving simulator study! vchri.ca/stories/2023/0… VCH Research Institute C2E2 UBC Department of Emergency Medicine

Journal of Transport & Health Article: Intersectionality and urban mobility: A systematic review on gender differences in active transport uptake spkl.io/60134YAlJ

#DYK In the past 40 years pick-up trucks have gotten bigger and bulkier becoming more commonplace as family cruisers. This poses risks to pedestrians given the driver blind spots and large mass. Read more: axios.com/ford-pickup-tr… #roadsafety

A recent study from Dr. Beirness & our lab’s Dr. Jeff Brubacher recommends including Finger-To-Nose test and observations of HMJ with the SFST to increase detection of #cannabis impairment. Read more: tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.108… VCH Research Institute C2E2 UBC Department of Emergency Medicine

#DYK On average, more than 300 pedestrian fatalities occurred in Canada every year from 2018 to 2020. Fatalities were highest among men and seniors aged 70+. Read more: www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quoti… Statistics Canada #roadsafety

Curious about our lab’s #ActiveTransportation & Injury project? Read more on our protocol for an inception cohort study among 4 BC hospitals bmjopen.bmj.com/content/13/10/… VCH Research Institute C2E2 UBC Department of Emergency Medicine

#DYK Our team will evaluate the impact of changing automobile insurance schemes on return to work following #roadtrauma ICBC Read more: bmjopen.bmj.com/content/13/9/e… C2E2

A UBC Medicine study led by VCHRI investigator Dr. Jeff Brubacher aims to enhance road safety by analyzing the risks associated with drug & drunk driving in crashes: ow.ly/LZ6450SrgaR Road Safety & Public Health Research