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

Table 4. Association of the type of crash with respect to a number of environments and road related factors by multinomial logistic regression.

Injury vs. Non-injured vehicular crash Death in scene vs. Non-injured vehicular crash
OR (95% C.I.)** P value OR (95% C.I.)** P value
Day 1 - 1 -
Scene light Night 1.22 (1.20-1.24) <0.001 1.70 (1.58-1.83) <0.001
Sun rise 1.34 (1.18-1.52) <0.001 11.20 (8.72-14.38) <0.001
Sun set 1.47 (1.38-1.55) <0.001 2.90 (2.32-3.62) <0.001
Clear 1 - 1 -
Foggy 0.79 (0.69-0.90) 0.001 1.92 (1.22-30.3) <0.001
Snowy 0.37 (0.31-0.43) <0.001 1.25 (0.76-2.04) <0.001
Weather Rainy 0.53 (0.51-0.55) <0.001 0.95 (0.80-1.12) 0.265
Storm 1.11 (0.76-1.63) 0.583 2.22 (0.55-8.98) 0.509
Cloudy 0.81 (0.78-0.84) <0.001 1.3 (1.13-1.49) 0.382
Dust 1.45 (1.07-1.96) 0.015 9.27 (5.02-17.13) 0.005
Motorway 1 - 1 -
Road shoulder 1.22 (1.14-1.32) <0.001 5.05 (4.23-6.04) <0.001
Place of crash The middle lane 0.78 (0.70-0.87) <0.001 2.39 (1.73-3.28) <0.001
Roadside 1.9 5 (1.83-2.07) <0.001 8.7 (7.58-9.97) <0.001
Outside of road limit 1.17 (1.02-1.34) 0.022 5.57 (4.10-7.56) <0.001
No defect 1 - 1 -
Damaged or defective traffic signs 1.25 (1.22-1.29) <0.001 0.71 (0.61-0.83) <0.001
Road narrowing 1.57 (1.53-1.62) <0.001 2.47 (2.22-2.75) <0.001
Bumps 0.92 (0.82-1.04) 0.192 0.59 (0.31-1.15) 0.120
Unstable shoulders or nonexistent shoulders 1.82 (1.58-2.10) <0.001 7.83 (5.87-10.43) <0.001
Lack of standard road guard 2.38 (2.13-2.66) <0.001 8.45 (6.64-10.75) <0.001
Roadway defect Partial road collapse 1.50 (1.10-2.05) 0.011 3.89 (1.72-8.82) 0.001
Defective pavements 1.21 (0.95-1.54) 0.117 3.61 (1.97-6.60) <0.001
Acute angle 1.51 (1.27-1.78) <0.001 6.51 (4.58-9.25) <0.001
Non-standard grading 1.24 (0.97-1.59) 0.080 3.44 (1.83-6.48) <0.001
Defective lighting 2.23 (1.95-2.56) <0.001 10.02 (7.69-13.05) <0.001
Slippery road 0.86 (0.73-1.02) 0.087 2.31 (1.46-3.65) <0.001
Straight and flat 1 - 1 -
Roadway geometrics Straight and Uphill/downhill road 0.73 (0.69-0.76) <0.001 1.54 (1.31-1.82) <0.001
Winding Road and flat 1.07 (1.03-1.11) 0.001 2.22 (1.95-2.53) <0.001
Winding Road and Uphill/downhill 0.85 (0.79-0.92) <0.001 4.11 (3.48-4.86) <0.001
Dry 1 - 1 -
Wet 0.91 (0.79-1.05) 0.196 0.52 (0.45-0.60) <0.001
Roadway surface Freezing and snow 0.79 (0.44-1.39) 0.405 0.3 (0.17-0.54) <0.001
Sandy 0.57 (0.33-0.96) 0.035 0.29 (0.17-0.51) <0.001
Muddy or Oily 0.37 (0.09-1.52) 0.169 0.31 (0.07-1.32) 0.112

**OR: odds ratio; 95% C.I.: 95% confidence interval for odds ratio.