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

Table 3. Evaluation of the type of crash with respect to a number of road related factors.

Road related factors Type of crash P value
Non-injured vehicular crash (%) Injury(%) Death in scene (%)
Motorway 268951(77.13) 77235(22.15) 2524(0.72)
Road shoulder 2826(71.49) 993(25.12) 134(3.39)
Place of crash The middle lane 1742(80.31) 388(17.89) 39(1.80) <0.001
Roadside 2953(60.95) 1651(34.08) 241(4.97)
Outside of road limit 842(72.03) 283(24.21) 44(3.76)
Unknown 146618(82.49) 30751(17.30) 373(0.21)
No defect 160674(78.54) 42121(20.59) 1770(0.87)
Damaged or defective traffic signs 22483(74.83) 7388(24.59) 175(0.58)
Road narrowing 15816(69.44) 6528(28.66) 431(1.89)
Bumps 1376(80.09) 333(19.38) 9(0.52)
Unstable shoulders or nonexistent shoulders 603(63.94) 288(30.54) 52(5.51)
Lack of standard road guard 806(58.24) 503(36.34) 75(5.42)
Roadway defect Partial road collapse 140(69.65) 55(27.36) 6(2.99) <0.001
Defective pavements 277(73.67) 88(23.40) 11(2.93)
Acute angle 474(68.20) 187(26.91) 34(4.89)
Non-standard grading 264(73.33) 86(23.89) 10(2.78)
Defective lighting 571(58.99) 334(34.50) 63(6.51)
Slippery road 746(79.87) 169(18.09) 19(2.03)
Unknown 219702 (80.29) 53221 (19.450) 700 (0.26)
Straight and flat 265713 (76.76) 77884 (22.50) 2570 (0.74)
Straight and Uphill/downhill road 10446 (81.44) 2225(17.35) 156(1.22)
Roadway geometrics Winding Road and flat 11994 (74.95) 3750(23.43) 258(1.61) <0.001
Winding Road and Uphill/downhill 3770 (77.54) 942(19.37) 150(3.09)
Unknown 135719 (83.26) 27031 (16.58) 254 (0.16)
Dry 382648 (77.65) 106963 (21.71) 3146 (0.64)
Wet 22243 (85.59) 3545 (13.64) 201(0.77)
Freezing and snow 1146 (89.53) 122 (9.53) 12(0.94)
Roadway surface Sandy 964 (86.23) 140 (12.52) 14(1.25) <0.001
Muddy 69 (81.18) 15 (17.65) 1(1.18)
Oily 22 (75.86) 6 (20.69) 1(3.45)
Unknown 20550 (95.12) 1041 (4.82) 13(.06)