Table 1.
Sociodemographic, personal, and environmental characteristics of motorcycle crash related injury cases and population controls. Values are numbers (percentages)
| Controls (n=1233) | Cases (n=463) | |
|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | ||
| 15-19 | 131 (10.6) | 86 (18.6) |
| 20-24 | 322 (26.1) | 148 (32.0) |
| ≥25 | 780 (63.3) | 229 (49.5) |
| Sex | ||
| Female | 71 (5.8) | 26 (5.6) |
| Male | 1162 (94.2) | 437 (94.4) |
| Type of motorcycle licence | ||
| Leamer | 198 (16.1) | 90 (19.4) |
| Restricted | 97 (7.9) | 34 (7.3) |
| Full | 780 (63.3) | 224 (48.4) |
| No licence, lapsed, or lost | 125 (10.1) | 100 (21.6) |
| Missing | 1 (0.1) | 6 (1.3) |
| Familiarity with specific motorcycle (km) | ||
| <1000 | 166 (13.5) | 99 (21.4) |
| 1000-10 000 | 477 (38.7) | 179 (38.7) |
| >10 000 | 570 (46.2) | 166 (35.9) |
| Missing | 19 (1.5) | 20 (4.3) |
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Any alcohol ingested in the previous 12 hours
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| Yes | 129 (10.5) | 92 (19.9) |
| No | 1084 (87.9) | 365 (78.8) |
| Missing | 20 (1.6) | 4 (0.9) |
| Posted speed limit (km/h) | ||
| 50 | 693 (56.2) | 307 (66.3) |
| 70-80 | 93 (7.5) | 40 (8.6) |
| 100 | 447 (36.3) | 111 (24.0) |
| Missing | 0 | 5 (1.1) |
| Light conditions | ||
| Daylight | 954 (77.4) | 294 (63.5) |
| Dusk or dawn | 104 (8.4) | 49 (10.6) |
| Night | 175 (14.2) | 119 (25.7) |
| Missing | 0 | 1 (0.2) |
| Weather conditions | ||
| Fine | 804 (65.2) | 333 (71.9) |
| Cloudy | 370 (30.0) | 76 (16.4) |
| Rain | 59 (4.8) | 49 (10.6) |
| Missing | 0 | 5 (1.1) |