Table 2.
Distributions of driver characteristics by rurality, all crashes (n = 8466).
| Characteristic | Total | Urban n (%) |
Suburban n (%) |
Town n (%) |
Remote Rural n (%) |
Chi-square* p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Driver age | ||||||
| 14 years old | 1,579 (19%) | 765 (18%) | 112 (20%) | 472 (19%) | 230 (20%) | 0.12 |
| 15 years old | 6,887 (81%) | 3,562 (82%) | 456 (80%) | 1970 (81%) | 899 (80%) | 0.44 |
| Driver gender | ||||||
| Female | 4,012 (48%) | 2,053 (48%) | 260 (46%) | 1,181 (49%) | 518 (46%) | |
| Male | 4,425 (52%) | 2,252 (52%) | 307 (54%) | 1,256 (51%) | 610 (54%) | |
| Missing | 29 (0.3% of all crashes) | |||||
| Injury status | ||||||
| Fatal/incapacitating | 145 (2%) | 58 (1%) | 6 (1%) | 57 (2%) | 24 (2%) | <0.0001 |
| Non-incapacitating/possible | 1,679 (20%) | 755 (18%) | 104 (18%) | 541 (22%) | 279 (25%) | |
| No Injury | 6,642 (78%) | 3,514 (81%) | 458 (81%) | 1,844 (76%) | 826 (73%) | |
| Occupant protection | ||||||
| None used | 237 (4%) | 96 (3%) | 13 (4%) | 91 (6%) | 37 (5%) | 0.0021 |
| Should & lap belt | 5,305 (95%) | 2859 (96%) | 353 (95%) | 1455 (93%) | 638 (93%) | |
| Lap belt | 24 (0.4%) | 11 (0.4%) | 1 (0.3%) | 7 (0.5%) | 5 (1%) | |
| Shoulder belt | 20 (0.4%) | 6 (0.2%) | 3 (1%) | 6 (0.4%) | 5 (1%) | |
| Other | 9 (0.2%) | 3 (0.1%) | 1 (0.3%) | 4 (0.3%) | 1 (0.2%) | |
| Missing | 2871 (51% of crashes) | |||||
| Driver contributing circumstance | ||||||
| No error | 1,824 (23%) | 956 (24%) | 125 (23%) | 490 (21%) | 253 (24%) | <0.0001 |
| FTYROW | 1,395 (18%) | 707 (18%) | 115 (21%) | 402 (18%) | 171 (16%) | |
| Improper action | 1,214 (15%) | 682 (17%) | 66 (12%) | 320 (14%) | 146 (14%) | |
| Failure to obey traffic signals | 296 (4%) | 182 (5%) | 25 (5%) | 70 (3%) | 19 (2%) | |
| Speeding | 1,021 (13%) | 488 (12%) | 72 (13%) | 314 (14%) | 147 (14%) | |
| Lost control | 1,718 (22%) | 806 (20%) | 112 (21%) | 527 (23%) | 273 (25%) | |
| Other | 465 (6%) | 195 (5%) | 29 (5%) | 171 (7%) | 70 (7%) | |
| Missing | 533 (7% of crashes) | |||||
| Passengers | ||||||
| No passengers | 7,491 (89%) | 3,886 (91%) | 516 (92%) | 2115 (88%) | 974 (88%) | 0.0017 |
| One teen passenger only | 417 (5%) | 183 (4%) | 25 (4%) | 149 (6%) | 60 (5%) | |
| Multiple teen passengers only | 157 (2%) | 67 (2%) | 12 (2%) | 46 (2%) | 32 (3%) | |
| At least one adult passenger | 271 (3%) | 136 (3%) | 11 (2%) | 85 (4%) | 39 (4%) | |
| Missing | 103 (2% of crashes) | |||||
*
Test for independence.