Table 4.
Characteristics and Actions of Pedestrian Injury in Ghana
| Variable | Fatal Injury n (%) |
Hospitalized n (%) |
Other Injury n (%) |
Total Injury n (% ) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Casualty Sex | ||||
| Male | 183 (67.5) | 228 (62.5) | 111 (63.1) | 522 (64.3) |
| Female | 87 (32.1) | 137 (37.5) | 62 (35.2) | 286 (35.2) |
| Unknown | 1 (0.4) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (1.7) | 4 (0.5) |
| Pedestrian Action | ||||
| No Action | 0 (0.0) | 2 (0.5) | 0 (0.0) | 290.20 |
| Crossing Road | 197 (72.7) | 254 (69.60 | 102 (58.0) | 553 (68.1) |
| Walking Along Road | 12 (4.4) | 24 (6.6) | 11 (6.3) | 47 (5.8) |
| Walking Along Edge | 21 (7.7) | 24 (6.6) | 21 (11.9) | 66 (8.1) |
| Playing On Road | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.3) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.1) |
| On Footpath | 3 (1.1) | 5 (1.4) | 2 (1.1) | 10 (1.2) |
| Other | 32 (11.8) | 55 (15.1) | 38 (21.6) | 125 (15.4) |
| Unknown | 6 (2.2) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (1.1) | 8 (1.0) |
| Pedestrian Location | ||||
| On Pedestrian | ||||
| Crossing | 7 (2.6) | 10 (2.7) | 3 (1.7) | 20 (2.5) |
| Within 50m of Crossing |
5 (1.8) | 3 (0.8) | 1 (0.6) | 9 (1.1) |
| On Central Refuge | 1 (0.4) | 2 (0.5) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (0.4) |
| In Road Center | 197 (72.7) | 253 (69.3) | 105 (59.7) | 555 (68.3) |
| On Footpath/Verge | 20 (7.4) | 35 (9.6) | 20 (11.4) | 75 (9.2) |
| Other | 36 (13.3) | 62 (17.0) | 45 (25.6) | 143 (17.6) |
| Unknown | 5 (1.8) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (1.1) | 7 (0.9) |
| Total | 271 (100.0) | 365 (100.0) | 176 (100.0) | 812 (100.0) |