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. 2006 Jan;23(1):27–31. doi: 10.1136/emj.2004.022392

Table 4 Injury characteristics of each road‐user group.

Variable Car occupants Motorcyclists Pedestrians p value
Injury Severity Score† 14.3 (0.7); 12 12.7 (0.4); 9 13.3 (1); (10) 0.04*
Revised Trauma Score† 7.6 (0.2); 7.84 7.6 (0.2); 7.84 7.6 (0.2); 7.84 0.8
Probability of survival† 0.97 (0.03); 0.99 0.96 (0.02); 0.99 0.97 (0.02); 0.99 0.9
Craniocerebral injury (%) 34.9 55.9 57.1 0.0001*
Thoracic injury (%) 29.7 30.6 31.2 0.9
Abdominal injury (%) 20.1 12.6 7.8 0.009*
Spinal cord injury (%) 14.8 7.9 5.2 0.007*
Pelvic injury (%) 12.9 6.1 18.2 0.0001*
Extremity injury (%) 37.3 36 35.1 0.9
ICU admission (%) 27.8 22.5 27.3 0.2
ICU length of stay (days)† 8.1 (1.4); 4.5 8.1 (0.7); 6 6.3 (1.2); 3 0.6
Hospital length of stay (days)† 12.9 (1.0); 8 11.5 (0.6); 7 9.9 (1.0); 7 0.2
Mortality† 5.3 3.4 11.7 0.007*

*Statistically significant.

†Values are mean (SE); median.

ICU, intensive care unit.