Table 3.
Distributions of crash characteristics by rurality, all crashes (n = 8,466).
| Characteristic | Total n (%) |
Urban n (%) |
Suburban n (%) |
Town n (%) |
Remote Rural n (%) | Chi-square* p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day of Week | ||||||
| Weekday | 7,029 (83%) | 3,535 (82%) | 482 (85%) | 2,049 (84%) | 963 (85%) | 0.0066 |
| Weekend | 1,437 (17%) | 792 (18%) | 86 (15%) | 393 (16%) | 166 (15%) | |
| Time of Day | ||||||
| Morning | 1,837 (22%) | 918 (21%) | 105 (18%) | 547 (22%) | 267 (24%) | <0.0001 |
| Afternoon | 1,717 (20%) | 998 (23%) | 128 (23%) | 414 (17%) | 177 (16%) | |
| Evening | 4,392 (52%) | 2,143 (50%) | 300 (53%) | 1331 (55%) | 618 (55%) | |
| Night | 500 (6%) | 262 (6%) | 35 (6%) | 141 (6%) | 62 (5%) | |
| Missing | 22 (0.24% of crashes) | |||||
| Manner of Collision | ||||||
| Non-collision | 2,566 (31%) | 1,086 (26%) | 176 (31%) | 873 (36%) | 431 (39%) | |
| Head-on | 199 (2%) | 101 (2%) | 17 (3%) | 61 (3%) | 20 (2%) | |
| Rear-end | 2,180 (26%) | 1,263 (30%) | 118 (21%) | 542 (23%) | 257 (23%) | |
| Angle | 2,601 (31%) | 1,361 (32%) | 200 (36%) | 723 (30%) | 317 (28%) | <0.0001 |
| Sideswipe | 769 (9%) | 431 (10%) | 49 (9%) | 200 (8%) | 89 (8%) | |
| Missing | 151 (2% of crashes) | |||||
| Number of Vehicles | ||||||
| Single Vehicle (non-collision) | 2,580 (30%) | 1,086 (25%) | 178 (31%) | 886 (36%) | 430 (38%) | <0.0001 |
| Multiple Vehicles | 5,886 (70%) | 3,241 (75%) | 390 (69%) | 1,556 (64%) | 699 (62%) | |
| Weather | ||||||
| Clear | 4,745 (58%) | 2,454 (58%) | 324 (58%) | 1,323 (56%) | 644 (58%) | |
| Not Clear | 3,494 (42%) | 1,763 (42%) | 230 (42%) | 1,039 (44%) | 462 (42%) | |
| Missing | 241 (3% of crashes) | |||||
| Road Surface Condition | ||||||
| Dry | 5,588 (68%) | 2,990 (71%) | 379 (68%) | 1,505 (64%) | 714 (64%) | <0.000 |
| Not Dry | 2,661 (32%) | 1,229 (29%) | 178 (32%) | 857 (36%) | 397 (36%) | |
| Missing | 217 (3% of crashes) | |||||
*
Test for independence.