Table 2.
Characteristics of crash that resulted in the most recent non-fatal road traffic injuries (RTI) using 12-month recall period among children aged 5–14 years in Hyderabad.
| Variable | Non-fatal RTI as |
All RTI (237) N (%)a |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cycle user (109) N (%)a |
Pedestrian (101) N (%)a |
Motorised two-wheeled vehicle user (20) N (%)a |
Other vehicle occupant (7) N (%)a |
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| Time of crash (h)† | |||||
| 0600–1100 | 12 (11) | 21 (20.8) | 2 (10) | 1 (14.3) | 36 (15.2) |
| 1101–1500 | 21 (19.3) | 21 (20.8) | 6 (30) | 1 (14.3) | 49 (20.7) |
| 1501–1800 | 57 (52.3) | 41 (40.6) | 4 (20) | 3 (42.9) | 105 (44.3) |
| 1801–1900 | 13 (11.9) | 9 (8.9) | 1 (5) | 0 | 23 (9.7) |
| 1901–0559 | 6 (5.5) | 9 (8.9) | 7 (35) | 2 (28.6) | 24 (10.1) |
| Reason for being on the road‡ | |||||
| Going/coming from school/work | 11 (10.1) | 31 (30.7) | 1 (5) | 2 (28.6) | 45 (19) |
| Going/coming from elsewhere | 98 (89.9) | 70 (69.3) | 19 (95) | 5 (71.4) | 192 (81) |
| Activity at the time of crash§ | |||||
| Driving a vehicle | 103 (94.5) | Not applicable | 3 (15) | 1 (14.3) | 107 (45.1) |
| Riding a vehicle (passenger) | 6 (5.5) | Not applicable | 17 (85) | 6 (85.7) | 29 (12.2) |
| Walking | Not applicable | 41 (40.6) | Not applicable | Not applicable | 41 (17.3) |
| Crossing road | Not applicable | 31 (30.7) | Not applicable | Not applicable | 31 (13.1) |
| Playing on road | Not applicable | 25 (24.8) | Not applicable | Not applicable | 25 (10.5) |
| Other | 0 | 4 (4) | 0 | 0 | 4 (1.7) |
| Cause of crash§ | |||||
| Collision with a vehicle | 37 (33.9) | 97 (96) | 10 (50) | 2 (28.6) | 146 (61.6) |
| Vehicle skid/fell due to reasons not related to road | 22 (20.2) | Not applicable | 2 (10) | 0 | 24 (10.1) |
| Vehicle skid due to road-related reasons | 26 (23.9) | Not applicable | 3 (15) | 0 | 29 (12.2) |
| Other | 24 (22) | 4 (4) | 5 (25) | 5 (71.4) | 38 (16) |
| Other party in the crash§ | |||||
| Cycle | 11 (26.8) | 30 (29.7) | 0 | 0 | 41 (17.3) |
| Motorised two-wheeled vehicle | 20 (18.3) | 51 (50.5) | 5 (25) | 1 (14.3) | 77 (32.5) |
| Motorised three-wheeled vehicleb | 4 (3.7) | 17 (16.8) | 2 (10) | 0 | 23 (9.7) |
| None | 70 (64.2) | 0 | 9 (45) | 5 (71.4) | 84 (35.4) |
| Other | 4 (3.7) | 3 (3) | 4 (20) | 1 (14.3) | 12 (5.1) |
a
Percent of column total.
b
Motorised three-wheeled vehicle includes commercial passenger vehicles.
†
Chi-square test for significance: p = 0.005.
‡
Chi-square test for significance: p = 0.001.
§
Chi-square test for significance: p < 0.001.