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. 2014 Jul;6(2):64–71. doi: 10.5249/jivr.v6i2.318

Table 1. Crashes and environmental related data of the total RTCs during the study period.

Variable Frequency Percentage
Non-injured vehicular crash 427643 78.78
Type of crash Injury 111832 20.60
Death in the scene 3388 0.62
Total 542863 100.0
Day 393310 72.45
Night 122957 22.65
Scene light Sunrise 1252 0.23
Sunset 5660 1.04
Unknown 19684 3.63
Clear 471759 86.90
Foggy 1508 0.28
Snowy 1761 0.32
Weather Rainy 22442 4.13
Stormy 148 0.03
Cloudy 26198 4.83
Dusty 217 0.04
Unknown 18830 3.47
Straight and flat 346168 63.77
Straight with uphill/downhill 12827 2.36
Roadway geometrics Winding road and flat 16002 2.95
Winding road with uphill/downhill 4862 0.90
Unknown 163004 30.03
Dry 492757 90.77
Wet 25989 4.79
Freezing and snowy 1280 0.24
Roadway surface Sandy 1118 0.21
Muddy 85 0.02
Oily 29 0.01
Unknown 21604 3.98
No defect 204565 37.98
Damaged or defective traffic signs 30046 5.58
Road narrowing 22775 4.23
Bumps 1718 0.32
Unstable shoulders or nonexistent shoulders 943 0.18
Lack of standard road guard 1384 0.26
Roadway defect Partial road collapse 201 0.04
Defective pavements 376 0.07
Acute angle 695 0.13
Non-standard grading 360 0.07
Defective lighting 968 0.18
Slippery road 934 0.17
Unknown 273623 50.80