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. 2020 Jun;20(2):789–797. doi: 10.4314/ahs.v20i2.32

Table 1.

Sociodemographic characteristics, and circumstances during crash according to the status of the victim.

Variables of interest Status of the victim during crash Total P-value
Rider Pillion
passenger
Pedestrian
n=89 n=34 n =9
Sex (N=132) Male 89 (74.2%) 24 (20%) 7 (5.8%) 120 (90.9%) <0.001
Female - 10 (83.3%) 2 (16.7%) 12 (9.1%)
Age group (N=132) 0-21 17 (68%) 7 (28%) 1 (4%) 25 (18.9%) 0.846
21-40 68 (67.3%) 26 (25.7%) 7 (6.9%) 101 (76.5%)
41-60 4 (66.7%) 1 (16.7%) 1 (16.7%) 6 (4.5%)
Mean age 27.55±7.01 25.35±5.55 29.67±8.52 27.13±6.87 0.147
Time of crash (N=132) Morning 10 (71.4%) 3 (21.4%) 1 (7.1%) 14 (10.6%) 0.242
Afternoon 17 (85%) 3 (15%) - 20 (15.2%)
Evening 19 (54.3%) 11 (31.4%) 5 (14.3%) 35 (26.5%)
Night 43 (68.3%) 17 (27.0%) 3 (4.8%) 63 (47.7%)
Status of road maintenance (N=132) Well 70 (68.6%) 27 (26.5%) 5 (4.9%) 102 (77.3%) 0.272
Poor 19 (63.3%) 7 (23.3%) 4 (13.3%) 30 (22.7%)
Helmet use (N=123) Yes 49 (94.2%) 3 (5.8%) - 52 (42.3%) >0.001
No 40 (56.3%) 31 (43.7%) - 71 (57.7%)
Type of helmet (N= 52) Full face 16 (94.1%) 1 (5.9%) - 17 (32.7%) 0.981
Half face 33 (94.3%) 2 (5.7%) - 35 (67.3%)
Speed (km/hr) of motorcycle during crash (N=132) 0-30 9 (81.8%) 1 (9.1%) 1 (9.1%) 11 (8.3%) 0.791
31-60 57 (67.1%) 22 (25.9%) 6 (7.1%) 85 (64.4%)
> 60 23 (63.9%) 11 (30.6%) 9 (5.6%) 36 (27.3%