Table 4.
Bivariate analyses of demographics and crashes by sex and by age for victims in recreational off-highway vehicle (ROV) related crashes presenting to a Level 1 trauma center from 2004 to 2017
| Sex | Age | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male n (Col %)a |
Female n (Col %)a |
p value | < 16 Years n (Col %)a |
> 16 Years n (Col %)a |
p value | |
| Group N | 45 | 27 | 35 | 37 | ||
| Age | ||||||
| < 16 years | 17 (38%) | 18 (67%) | 0.03 | |||
| > 16 years | 28 (62%) | 9 (33%) | ||||
| Seating | ||||||
| Operator | 24 (55%) | 10 (38%) | 0.22 | 10 (30%) | 24 (65%) | 0.005 |
| Passenger | 20 (45%) | 16 (62%) | 23 (70%) | 13 (35%) | ||
| Belted | ||||||
| Yes | 1 (3%) | 4 (17%) | 0.15 | 4 (13%) | 1 (3%) | 0.36 |
| No | 35 (97%) | 20 (83%) | 27 (87%) | 28 (97%) | ||
| Season | ||||||
| Winter (Dec-Feb) | 2 (4%) | 2 (7%) | 0.15 | 0 (0%) | 4 (11%) | 0.19 |
| Spring (Mar-May) | 13 (29%) | 9 (33%) | 11 (31%) | 11 (30%) | ||
| Summer (Jun-Aug) | 19 (42%) | 15 (56%) | 19 (54%) | 15 (41%) | ||
| Fall (Sep-Nov) | 11 (24%) | 1 (4%) | 5 (14%) | 7 (19%) | ||
| Day of Week | ||||||
| Weekday (Mon-Fri) | 27 (60%) | 24 (89%) | 0.02 | 28 (80%) | 23 (62%) | 0.12 |
| Weekend (Sat-Sun) | 18 (40%) | 3 (11%) | 7 (20%) | 14 (38%) | ||
| Location | ||||||
| Roadway | 7 (28%) | 5 (29%) | 1.0 | 6 (26%) | 6 (32%) | 0.74 |
| Off-Road | 18 (72%) | 12 (71%) | 17 (74%) | 13 (68%) | ||
| Light | ||||||
| Day | 29 (81%) | 21 (84%) | 1.0 | 33 (100%) | 17 (61%) | < 0.001 |
| Night | 7 (19%) | 4 (16%) | 0 (0%) | 11 (39%) | ||
| Collision | ||||||
| Yes | 6 (13%) | 4 (15%) | 1.0 | 5 (14%) | 5 (14%) | 1.0 |
| No | 39 (87%) | 23 (85%) | 30 (86%) | 32 (86%) | ||
| Pinned | ||||||
| Yes | 27 (60%) | 18 (69%) | 0.61 | 12 (34%) | 14 (39%) | 0.81 |
| No | 18 (40%) | 8 (31%) | 23 (66%) | 22 (61%) | ||
| Speed | ||||||
| < 20 mph | 12 (57%) | 10 (67%) | 0.73 | 12 (67%) | 10 (56%) | 0.73 |
| > 20 mph | 9 (43%) | 5 (33%) | 6 (33%) | 8 (44%) | ||
aThe sum of n for a variable may not equal the total Group N due to missing values