Ethics approval and consent to participate
The registry has been approved by the relevant French authority and national data protection commission (Comité National des Registres, CNR, and Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés, CNIL, N° 999211).
Consent for publication
Not applicable
Availability of data and materials
The datasets used and analysed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.
Competing interests
The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
Funding
The Rhône registry is supported by the Gustave Eiffel university, the French public health agency and the road safety directorate (ministry of the interior). The authors declare that the funding sources had no role in the conduct, analysis, interpretation, or writing of this manuscript.
Authors’ contributions
AB and KT conceived and designed the study, interpreted the data, and drafted the manuscript. AN and BG were in charge of the statistical reports. AN, BG, TL, MD, AG and BL interpreted the data, and critically revised the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
Acknowledgments
The authors would like to thank Philip Robinson for his linguistic advice with this manuscript and everyone who participated in the data collection and data recording for the Rhône Road Accident Registry Association (ARVAC: president, E. Javouhey), and University Gustave Eiffel – campus of Lyon – TS2-Umrestte (scientific coordinator, B. Laumon, medical coordinator, A. Ndiaye and administrative coordinator, B. Gadegbeku) : Ait Idir T, Ait Si Selmi T, Alloatti D, Amoros E, Andrillat M, Artru F, Asencio Y, Assossou I, Auzaneau F, Bagès-Limoges F, Bagou G, Ballout N, ViBalogh C, Banssillon G, Banssillon V, Barraco S, Barnier N, Barth X, Basset M, Beaudry E, Bec JF, Bejui J, Bel JC, Belhadj A, Bérard E, Bérard J, Bergeron I, Bernard JC, Berthet N, Bertrand JC, Besacier Y,Besson L, Biot B, Biot V, Blache D, Blanc C, Blanchard J, Blum O, Bœuf C, Boisson D, Bonjean M, Bost J, Bouchedor C, Bouffet T, Boughatene B, Bouletreau P, Boyer M, Boyer V, Breda Y, Brilland R, Brodsky D, Bussery S, Cabet N, Caillot L, Caillot JL†, Cannamela A, Caregnato B, Caramelle F, Carre M, Catala Y, Chagnon PY, Chambon C, Chambost M, Chantran C, Chapuy P, Charbotel B, Chardon P, Charnay P, Chatelain P, Chattard S, Chaudier P, Chauvin F, Chavane H, Chazot G, Chenani M, Chettouane I, Chevreton N, Chevrillon E, Chevrillon S, Chiron M, Chotel P, Cochard P, Comarmond M, Combe C, Comte G, Contamin B, Coppard E, Cot T, Coutagnieux A, Crettenet Z, Cristini A, Cunin V, Danella-Marguiron C, Dailler F, Dal Gobbo B, Da Silva F, David JS, De Angelis MP, Debrisay MC, Decourt L, Degrange P, Dejour H†, Delfosse A, Demangel N†, Deinite G,Demazière J, Deruty R, Desjardins G, Devaux J, Dewhurst N, Dohin B, Douplat M, Drouet A, Du Besset M, Ducreux B, Ducrozet P, Dufour A, Dumortier C, El Khoury C, Emonet A, Escarment J, Evrard AS, Eyssette M, Fallavier L, Fanton L, Farizon F, Felten D, Feugere S, Feuglet P†, Fifis N, Figura J, Fisher G, Fischer LP, Floccard B, Floret D, Fournier G, Fraisse P, Franchi A, Fredenucci JF, Freidel M, Fuster P, Gagneux C, Galin L, Gaillard P, Gallon M, Garnier N, Garzanti A, Gaussorgues P, Gautheron V, Genevrier M, Gibaud F, Gillet Y, Gilly F, Girard A, Goubsky A, Gougne M, Granger M, Grattard P, Gueugniaud PY, Guenot C, Guérin AC, Guerin T, Guignand M, Guillaudon C, Guillaumée F, Haddak M, Hamel D, Haouas T, Haro J, Heckel T, Herzberg G, Ho‑Van‑Truc P, Hugen-Schmitt D, Humbert C, Jacquemard C, Jault V, Jouanneau E, Joffre T, Kheniche F, Kohler R, Labed H, Lablanche C, Lafont S, Lagier C, Lapierre B, Laplace MC, La Rosa C, Lassaigne M, Laurent R, Lebel M, Leblay G, Le‑Xuan I, Lieutaud T, Lille R, Linné M, Lorge S, Louboutin L, Luauté J, Lucas R, Machin B, Maiello E, Malicier D, Mangola B, Marcotte G, Marduel YN, Marie‑Catherine M, Martin JL, Martin YN, Martinand G, Marty F, Matricon P, Mazouzi S†, Melaine R, Menard B, Messikh C, Meyer F, Meyrand S, Mintsa‑Eya C, Molard S, Monchanin C, Monneuse O, Morel G, Morel‑Chevillet E, Mioulet E, Minjaud F, Mokdadi A, Mollet C, Monnet J, Moyen B, Neidhart JP, Ngandu E, Ny S, Ollagnier F, Ould T, Paget P, Paillot JC, Paris D, Passot G, Patay B, Pauget P, Peillon D, Perrin G, Perrin-Blondeau D, Petit P, Phelip H, Picaud S, Pinelli E, Paparel P, Piriou V, Piton JL, Plantier M, Pornon P, Potinet-Pagliaroli V, Pramayon C, Quelard B, Rakaa A, Raquin L, Ramdani E Remy C, Rerbal D, Rezig M, Rhida Z, Ricard A, Richard A, Rigal F, Rimmelé T, Robert D, Robinet F, Rode G, Romanet JP, Rongieras F, Roset C, Rousson A, Roussouli P, Roux H, Roux S, Ruhl C, Salamand J, Salord F, Sametzky P, Sayegh K, Sayous P, Sbraire N, Scappaticci N, Schiele P, Schneider M, Simonet C, Sigal A, Sindou M, Soldner R, Soudain M, Stagnara J, Stamm D, Suc B, Supernant K, Tardy H, Tasseau F, Taty M, Taveau G, Tazarourte K, Tell L, Theurey O, Thievon R, Thomas M, Tilhet-Coartet S, Tissot E, Toukou JC, Trifot M, Tronc F, Vallee B, Vallet G, Vancuyck A, Vergnes I, Vernet C, Verney MP, Viallon A, Viste A, Voiglio EJ, Vourey G, Vuillard J, Westphal M, Willemen L†.