Table 2. Risk Factors and their Crash Frequencies by Injury Type.
Severe Injury (%) (n=1019) |
Non-severe injury (%) (n=4641) |
|
---|---|---|
Avg. Driving Speed (mph) | 25 | 20 |
Avg. Posted Speed (mph) | 35 | 30 |
Protective Equipment | ||
No Protection | 80.5 | 74.9 |
Safety Helmet | 17.6 | 17.2 |
Eye Protection | 1.9 | 1.3 |
Unknown | 0.1 | 6.7 |
Alcohol/ Drug Use | ||
Yes | 11.6 | 5.4 |
No | 88.4 | 94.6 |
Time of Day | ||
6:01am- 9:00am | 5.3 | 6.1 |
9:01am- 12:00pm | 10.4 | 11.1 |
12:01pm- 2:00pm | 10.6 | 12.2 |
2:01pm- 4:00pm | 14.6 | 15.6 |
4:01pm- 7:00pm | 25.6 | 26.7 |
7:01pm- 11:00pm | 20.3 | 18.5 |
11:01pm- 6:00am | 13.1 | 9.9 |
Day of the week | ||
Monday | 13.5 | 13.4 |
Tuesday | 13.3 | 12.2 |
Wednesday | 12.1 | 12.9 |
Thursday | 15.4 | 14.7 |
Friday | 15.4 | 16.9 |
Saturday | 15.7 | 15.4 |
Sunday | 14.6 | 14.5 |
Lighting conditions | ||
Dark (no light) | 5.6 | 3.6 |
Dark (street light) | 26 | 22.7 |
Dusk | 3.2 | 4 |
Dawn | 0.8 | 1 |
Daylight | 64.5 | 68.8 |
Weather | ||
Cloudy | 15.2 | 12.8 |
Rainy | 3.8 | 5 |
Foggy | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Clear | 80.8 | 82 |
Town Classification | ||
College | 2.3 | 4.2 |
University Associated | 23.5 | 22.2 |
Other | 74.3 | 73.6 |
County Location | ||
Coastal | 89.3 | 88.6 |
Non-coastal | 10.7 | 11.4 |
Roadway | ||
Off-roadway | 85.3 | 84.8 |
On-roadway | 14.7 | 15.2 |
Road surface type | ||
Slag/ Gravel/ Stone | 4 | 4.3 |
Brick/ Block | 0.1 | 0.6 |
Concrete | 3.4 | 3.9 |
Dirt | 1.3 | 1 |
Blacktop | 91.2 | 90.1 |
Road surface condition | ||
Wet | 6.8 | 8.2 |
Slippery | 0.8 | 0.9 |
Icy | 0.1 | 0.02 |
Dry | 92.3 | 90.9 |
Type of Shoulder | ||
Curb | 41.5 | 41.9 |
Paved | 31.7 | 33.2 |
Unpaved | 26.9 | 24.9 |
Highway type | ||
Divided | 37.5 | 32.5 |
Undivided | 62.5 | 67.5 |
Number of Lanes | ||
0 | 6.2 | 11.1 |
1 | 1.6 | 2.8 |
2 | 45.9 | 47.4 |
3 | 3.7 | 4 |
4 | 25.3 | 21.7 |
5 | 2.7 | 2.5 |
6 | 12.6 | 9.2 |
7 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
8 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
≥9 | 0.6 | 0.1 |