Table 2.
Drivers related factors associated with RTAs in Finote Selam town, Northwest Ethiopia from September 2009 to January 2018
| variable | Chi-square analysis | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Human road traffic accident outcome | ||||||
| Slight injury | Serious injury | Fatal | Chi-square | P-value | ||
| Season type | Autumn | 22 (40.0%) | 27 (49.1%) | 6 (10.9%) | 18.46 | .005* |
| Winter | 23 (37.7%) | 28 (45.9%) | 10 (16.4%) | |||
| Spring | 22 (40.7%) | 21 (38.9%) | 11 (20.4%) | |||
| Summer | 25 (29.4%) | 27 (31.8%) | 33 (38.8%) | |||
| Day | Weekend | 20 (26.7%) | 22 (29.3%) | 33 (44.0%) | 24.75 | 0.001* |
| Weekday | 72 (40.0%) | 81 (45.0%) | 27 (15.0%) | |||
| Driver’s educational level | Below Grade 12 | 66 (33.3%) | 78 (39.4%) | 54 (27.3%) | 7.34 | 0.025* |
| Grade 12 and above | 26 (45.6%) | 25 (43.9%) | 6 (10.5%) | |||
| Vehicle to driver relation | Own | 20 (54.1%) | 12 (32.4%) | 5 (13.5%) | 6.40 | .041* |
| Employed | 72 (33.0%) | 91 (41.7%) | 55 (25.2%) | |||
| Vehicle type | Minibus | 34 (30.1%) | 45 (39.8%) | 34 (30.1%) | 6.92 | .328 |
| Bajaj | 12 (36.4%) | 16 (48.5%) | 51 (5.2%) | |||
| Cargo | 30 (43.5%) | 26 (37.7%) | 13 (18.8%) | |||
| Pickup | 16 (40.0%) | 16 (40.0%) | 8 (20.0%) | |||
| Vehicle owner | Private | 73 (35.6%) | 81 (39.5%) | 51 (24.9%) | 1.07 | .585 |
| Government | 19 (38.0%) | 22 (44.0%) | 9 (18.0%) | |||