Table 2.
Characteristics and setting of RTA in Mekelle city, Northern Ethiopia, 2015
| Variables | Category | Frequency | Percentage |
| Accident experience in the previous 2 years | Yes | 57 | 23.17 |
| No | 189 | 76.83 | |
| Type of accident | Injury | 29 | 50.88 |
| Injury and property damage | 14 | 24.56 | |
| Property damage | 8 | 14.0 | |
| Death | 6 | 10.5 | |
| Light condition | At dawn | 41 | 71.93 |
| Day time | 16 | 28.07 | |
| Victim | Pedestrian | 19 | 32.14 |
| Cyclist | 12 | 21.43 | |
| Passenger | 14 | 25.00 | |
| Driver | 12 | 21.43 | |
| Accident site road | T-junction | 15 | 26.32 |
| Cross road | 28 | 49.12 | |
| Straight road | 14 | 24.56 | |
| Day of accident | Monday | 22 | 38.60 |
| Tuesday | 4 | 7.02 | |
| Wednesday | 6 | 10.53 | |
| Thursday | 3 | 5.26 | |
| Friday | 13 | 22.81 | |
| Saturday | 9 | 15.79 | |
| No of accidents (life time experience) | 1 | 42 | 73.68 |
| 2 | 12 | 21.05 | |
| 3 | 3 | 5.26 | |
| Reason for the accident | Lack of general safety awareness of pedestrians | 10 | 17.54 |
| Violation of traffic rules and regulations | 22 | 38.60 | |
| Violation of speed limit | 9 | 15.79 | |
| Lack of vehicle maintenance | 13 | 22.81 | |
| Did not remember | 3 | 5.26 |
n=246.
RTA, road traffic accident.