The number of adults brought to University Hospital with car crash injuries declined slightly in 2017 after a fairly steady rise over the previous three years. The increase over a five-year period was 45 percent. Adult motorcycle injuries have increased the past two years after a three-year decline. Among violent injuries treated at University Hospital, the number of adults injured in stabbings rose the past two years after remaining flat the previous three. Injuries from both shootings and unarmed assaults declined from 2016 to 2017.
Graph of adult crash injuries.
Graph of adult violence.