Colles fractures occur in all age groups, although certain patterns follow an age distribution.

The classic Colles fracture has the following characteristics:

Also, there's an old Colles fracture, well healed."

Colles fracture, spine fracture, and subsequent risk of hip fracture in men and women: A meta-analysis.

The term Colles fracture is classically used to describe a fracture at the distal end of the radius, at its cortico-cancellous junction.

A Colles' fracture, also Colles fracture, is a fracture of the distal radius in the forearm with dorsal (posterior) displacement of the wrist and hand.

There are three fracture sites said to be typical of fragility fractures: vertebral fractures, fractures of the neck of the femur, and Colles fracture of the wrist.