SLEDDING DEATHS IN ONTARIO

Traumatic injury from sledding and tobogganing can be reduced. The obj ective of this study was to determine the incidence of sledding and to bogganing deaths in Ontario. Operator, vehicle (sled), and environment al factors associated with these events were also examined. A retrospe ctive series of cases from the Provincial Chief Coroner's Office ident ified all patients fatally injured while sledding or tobogganing in On tario between 1986 and 1991. Communities should pay careful attention to injury prevention when planning organized sledding areas.