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. 2020 Oct 5;11(1):123–131. doi: 10.1016/j.afjem.2020.09.008

Table 2.

Distribution of respondents by their base line information, Nekemte, Ethiopia, 2019.

No Information(N = 286) Category Frequency Percent
1 Time of incidents Morning to mid-day 170 59.4
Afternoon 75 26.2
Mid-night 11 3.8
Mid-night to morning 30 10.5
2 Type of vehicle in which the patient was injured Sino track 15 5.6
Isuzu 16 6.0
High roof 48 18.0
Bus 46 17.2
Minibus 50 18.7
Bajaj 17 6.4
Motor cycle 43 16.1
Other 32 12.0
3 Number of vehicles involved Single vehicle 197 68.9
Multiple vehicles 89 31.1
4 Situation of the victim during accident Walking on the road 42 14.7
Fall from a moving vehicle 72 25.2
Rolled vehicle 90 31.5
Vehicle collision 71 24.8
Other 11 3.8
5 Purpose of vehicle involved in an incident For private travel 126 44.1
For public transportation 149 52.1
Public services provision 11 3.8
6 Victims role at the time of accident Pedestrian 73 25.5
Passengers 117 40.9
Driver 56 19.6
Driver assistant 40 14.0
7 Distance of scene from receiving hospital <10 Km 118 41.3
11–20 Km 63 22.0
21-30 km 34 11.9
41–50Km 50 17.5
>51Km 21 7.3
8 Time elapsed until help arrived in minutes <15 min 188 65.7
>15 min 98 34.3
9 Means of transportation to receiving hospital Ambulance 134 46.9
Other vehicles 142 49.7
Carried by people 10 3.5
10 Accompanying personnel to receiving hospital Emergency Medical Technicians 84 29.4
Traffic police 192 67.1
Bystanders 10 3.5