Table 4. Motor vehicle accidents (V20-V79)a as a cause of spinal cord injury.
| Participant injured in: | |||||
| Collided with: | Motorcycle | Car | Van, P/up, SUV | Bus, heavy transport | Total |
| Age >60 years | |||||
| Pedestrian or animal | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| 2- or 3-wheeler | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Car, van, P/up, SUV | 6 (3.4) | 50 (27.9) | 7 (3.9) | 0 (0.0) | 63 (35.2) |
| Heavy transport, bus | 1 (0.6) | 8 (4.5) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (1.7) | 12 (6.7) |
| Train, railway vehicle | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Non-motor vehicle | 0 (0.0) | 3 (1.7) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (1.7) |
| Fixed object | 2 (1.1) | 27 (15.1) | 4 (2.2) | 1 (0.6) | 34 (19.0) |
| Other/Unspecified | 5 (2.8) | 31 (17.3) | 1 (0.6) | 2 (1.1) | 39 (21.8) |
| Noncollision (rollover) | 7 (3.9) | 17 (9.5) | 4 (2.2) | 0 (0.0) | 28 (15.6) |
| Total | 21 (11.7) | 136 (76.0) | 16 (8.9) | 6 (3.4) | 179 (100.0) |
| Age 16–45 years | |||||
| Pedestrian or animal | 2 (0.1) | 19 (1.4) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 21 (1.6) |
| 2- or 3-wheeler | 1 (0.1) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.1) |
| Car, van, P/up, SUV | 72 (5.4) | 202 (15.1) | 22 (1.6) | 2 (0.1) | 298 (22.3) |
| Heavy transport, bus | 4 (0.3) | 21 (1.6) | 4 (0.3) | 2 (0.1) | 31 (2.3) |
| Train, railway vehicle | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.1) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.1) | 2 (0.1) |
| Non-motor vehicle | 2 (0.1) | 7 (0.5) | 2 (0.1) | 0 (0.0) | 11 (0.8) |
| Fixed object | 60 (4.5) | 220 (16.4) | 36 (2.7) | 1 (0.1) | 317 (23.7) |
| Other/Unspecified | 59 (4.4) | 216 (16.1) | 10 (0.7) | 8 (0.6) | 293 (21.9) |
| Noncollision (rollover) | 86 (6.4) | 211 (15.8) | 65 (4.9) | 3 (0.2) | 365 (27.3) |
| Total | 286 (21.4) | 897 (67.0) | 139 (10.4) | 17 (1.3) | 1,339 (100.0) |
Note: Values are given as n (%); P/up = pick-up truck; SUV = sports utility vehicle.
a
Participants injured in 3-wheeled motor vehicle (V30-V39) were not included because of small sample size (0 older and 14 younger cases).