Table 2.

Characteristics of the most severe road traffic injury reported by students in Guangzhou City, China

			Activities of student in the most severe injury injuryevent
	Total		Bicycle		Walk		Motor vehicle		Other
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Total	387	100	178	46.0	103	26.6	91	23.5	15	3.9
Type of injury†
Abrasion	273	70.5	139	78.1	72	69.9	55	60.4	7	46.7
Soft tissue injury injury/strain/sprain*	53	13.7	22	12.4	8	7.8	23	25.3	0	0.0
Fracture of bone	31	8.0	8	4.5	8	7.8	14	15.4	1	6.7
Dislocation	28	7.2	7	3.9	7	6.8	14	15.4	0	0.0
Head injury	10	2.6	1	0.6	2	1.9	7	7.7	0	0.0
Trunk iniury	7	1.8	1	0.6	2	1.9	3	3.3	1	6.7
Others	34	8.8	12	6.7	7	6.8	9	9.9	6	40.0
Medical assistance received*
Yes	241	62.3	96	53.9	71	68.9	69	75.8	5	33.3
Surgery	8	2.1	1	0.6	4	3.9	1	1.1	2	13.3
Hospitalisation	26	6.7	6	3.4	8	7.8	12	13.2	0	0.0
Emergency department	127	32.8	50	28.1	36	35.0	38	41.8	3	20.0
School clinic	80	20.7	39	21.9	23	22.3	18	19.8	0	0.0
No	96	24.8	56	31.5	25	24.3	11	12.1	4	26.7
Others/missing	50	12.9	26	14.6	7	6.8	11	12.1	6	40.0
Recovery from injuries after 1 month*
Recovery	253	65.4	127	71.3	69	67.0	48	52.7	9	60.0
Functional impairment	54	14.0	18	10.1	14	13.6	21	23.1	1	6.7
Pain	39	10.1	14	7.9	13	12.6	11	12.1	1	6.7
Missing	41	10.6	19	10.7	7	6.8	11	12.1	4	26.7
Psychological impaction*
Severe impaction	27	7.0	10	5.6	4	3.9	13	14.3	0	0.0
Some impaction	110	28.4	45	25.3	34	33.0	27	29.7	4	26.7
No impaction	234	60.5	117	65.7	61	59.2	46	50.5	10	66.7
Missing	16	4.1	6	3.4	4	3.9	5	5.5	1	6.7

^*p Value <0.05 from χ² significance test.

^†This item allowed the selection of multiple options.