Table 3.

Collision object, location, and location on the city street of ambulance accidents (N=684).

Accident details		Proportion of reported, n (%)a	Proportion of total accidents reported, %a
Object the ambulance collided with (n=611)
	Passenger car	489 (80.0)	71.5
	Lorry	38 (6.2)	5.5
	Person	24 (3.9)	3.5
	Two-wheeler	18 (3.0)	2.6
	Service car	10 (1.5)	1.5
	Tram/train	9 (1.5)	1.3
	Object	8 (1.3)	1.2
	Bus	7 (1.2)	1.0
	Animal	6 (1.0)	0.9
	Tractor	2 (0.3)	0.3
Location of the accident (n=649)
	Intersection	296 (45.6)	43.3
	Street	192 (29.6)	28.1
	City	49 (7.6)	7.2
	Regional road	38 (5.9)	5.6
	Highway	33 (5.1)	4.8
	Bend	25 (3.9)	3.7
	Accident site	6 (0.9)	0.9
	Other	5 (0.8)	0.7
	Railway	3 (0.5)	0.4
	Rescue lane	2 (0.3)	0.3
Location on a street in the city (n=80)
	Turning off	45 (56)	6.58
	Overtaking	10 (13)	1.46
	Driveway	4 (5)	0.58
	Exit	4 (5)	0.58
	Lane change	4 (5)	0.58
	U-turn	2 (3)	0.29
	Rescue lane	2 (3)	0.29
	Road traffic light	2 (3)	0.29
	Zebra crossing	1 (1)	0.15
	Roadworks	1 (1)	0.15
	While crossing	1 (1)	0.15
	Congestion	1 (1)	0.15
	Turning in	1 (1)	0.15
	Narrowing	1 (1)	0.15
	Accident site	1 (1)	0.15

^aDue to rounding, percentages do not add up to 100.