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. 2019 Jun;73(3):169–172. doi: 10.5455/medarh.2019.73.169-172

Table 2. Estimation of the effect of environmental factors on the occurrence of RTAs leading to death or injury.

Variable ( ) OR adjusted P CI %95
Light condition (day) - - -
Night 1.35 0.005 1.1–1.7
Sunrise 1.05 0.922 0.4–2.9
Sunset 2.31 0.002 1.4–3.9
Weather condition (clear) - - -
Rainy 0.76 0.212 0.5–1.2
Cloudy 2.60 0.001 1.5–4.6
Road (highway) - - -
Avenue 9.74 0.001 3.0–35.5
Main road 2.84 0.120 0.8–10.6
Sidetrack 3.45 0.068 0.9–13.6
Accident’s location (road) - - -
Verge 0.90 0.635 0.6–1.4
Road’s edge 1.35 0.033 1.1 -1.8
Area (flat) - - -
Mountainous 1.14 0.294 0.9–1.5
Visual obstruction (no) - - -
Yes 0.39 0.002 0.2–0.7
Accident’s place (inside the city) - - -
Suburb 0.95 0.786 0.6–1.3
Total 998 908 90