Table 1.
Pedestrian and driver characteristics of pedestrian–MVCs in Cluj County, Romania, by road type, 2010
| Characteristic | Local roads (N=100)
|
National roads (N=117)
|
p Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | Per cent | N | Per cent | ||
| Pedestrians (N=217) | |||||
| Age | <0.01 | ||||
| 0–12 | 25 | 25.0 | 10 | 8.6 | |
| 13–17 | 6 | 6.0 | 14 | 12.0 | |
| 18–44 | 26 | 26.0 | 48 | 41.0 | |
| 45–64 | 17 | 17.0 | 24 | 20.5 | |
| 65–93 | 26 | 26.0 | 21 | 18.0 | |
| Gender | 0.74 | ||||
| Male | 45 | 45.0 | 50 | 42.7 | |
| Female | 55 | 55.0 | 67 | 57.3 | |
| Alcohol test positive | 0.97 | ||||
| Yes | 5 | 5.0 | 6 | 5.1 | |
| No | 95 | 95.0 | 111 | 94.9 | |
| Action | 0.09 | ||||
| Crossing the road | 84 | 85.7 | 105 | 92.9 | |
| Walking or waiting on road or sidewalk | 14 | 14.3 | 8 | 7.1 | |
| Medical condition | 0.22 | ||||
| Slightly injured | 60 | 60.0 | 61 | 52.1 | |
| Severely injured | 32 | 32.0 | 38 | 32.5 | |
| Dead | 8 | 8.0 | 18 | 15.4 | |
| Drivers (N=203) | (N=93) | (N=110) | |||
| Age | 0.47 | ||||
| 13–17 | 1 | 1.1 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 18–44 | 71 | 76.3 | 83 | 75.5 | |
| 45–64 | 20 | 21.5 | 23 | 20.9 | |
| 65+ | 1 | 1.1 | 4 | 3.6 | |
| Gender | 0.38 | ||||
| Male | 80 | 86.0 | 99 | 90.0 | |
| Female | 13 | 14.0 | 11 | 10.0 | |
| Seat belt used | 0.89 | ||||
| Yes | 84 | 90.3 | 100 | 90.9 | |
| No | 9 | 9.7 | 10 | 9.1 | |
| Alcohol test positive | 0.12 | ||||
| Yes | 4 | 4.3 | 1 | 0.9 | |
| No | 89 | 95.7 | 109 | 99.1 | |
| Number years driver has held licence* | 0.76 | ||||
| 5 years or less | 61 | 71.8 | 73 | 68.2 | |
| 6–10 years | 20 | 23.5 | 30 | 28.0 | |
| 10+ years | 4 | 4.7 | 4 | 3.7 | |
| Vehicle category | 0.01 | ||||
| Car | 75 | 80.7 | 93 | 84.6 | |
| Truck/bus | 3 | 3.2 | 9 | 8.2 | |
| Van | 7 | 7.5 | 8 | 7.3 | |
| Tractor/moped/scooter/motorcycle/bicycle | 8 | 8.6 | 0 | 0.0 | |
*
Numbers do not add to total due to missing data.