Table 2.
Person characteristics of bicycle-motor vehicle crashes in Iowa, 2001-2011
| Bicyclist Location | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total (N=4437) | Intersection (N=2538) |
Non-intersection (N=1899) |
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| Age, bicyclist | N | % | N | % | N | % | p-value |
| <10 | 668 | 15.1 | 293 | 11.5 | 375 | 19.8 | <0.01 |
| 10-14 | 1086 | 24.5 | 625 | 24.6 | 461 | 24.3 | |
| 15-19 | 544 | 12.3 | 345 | 13.6 | 199 | 10.5 | |
| 20-29 | 650 | 14.7 | 392 | 15.5 | 258 | 13.6 | |
| 30-59 | 1069 | 24.1 | 620 | 24.4 | 449 | 23.6 | |
| 60+ | 197 | 4.4 | 118 | 4.7 | 79 | 4.2 | |
| Unknown | 223 | 5.0 | 145 | 5.7 | 78 | 4.1 | |
| Age, motorist | 0.27 | ||||||
| 14-19 | 519 | 11.7 | 291 | 11.5 | 228 | 12.0 | |
| 20-29 | 816 | 18.4 | 488 | 19.2 | 328 | 17.3 | |
| 30-59 | 1943 | 43.8 | 1108 | 43.7 | 835 | 44.0 | |
| 60+ | 716 | 16.1 | 414 | 16.3 | 302 | 15.9 | |
| Unknown | 443 | 10.0 | 237 | 9.3 | 206 | 10.9 | |
| Gender, bicyclist | |||||||
| Female | 1098 | 24.8 | 651 | 25.7 | 447 | 23.5 | 0.23 |
| Male | 3279 | 73.9 | 1851 | 72.9 | 1428 | 75.2 | |
| Unknown | 60 | 1.4 | 36 | 1.4 | 24 | 1.3 | |
| Gender, motorist | |||||||
| Female | 1865 | 42.0 | 1125 | 44.3 | 740 | 39.0 | <0.01 |
| Male | 2136 | 48.1 | 1181 | 46.5 | 955 | 50.3 | |
| Unknown | 436 | 9.8 | 232 | 9.1 | 204 | 10.7 | |
| Safety Devices, bicyclist | |||||||
| Helmet | 475 | 10.7 | 280 | 11.0 | 195 | 10.3 | 0.10 |
| Reflective clothing | 19 | 0.4 | 8 | 0.3 | 11 | 0.6 | |
| Lighting | 34 | 0.8 | 15 | 0.6 | 19 | 1.0 | |
| None | 3190 | 71.9 | 1845 | 72.7 | 1345 | 70.8 | |
| Other/Unknown | 719 | 16.2 | 390 | 15.4 | 329 | 17.3 | |