Table 2.
Pattern and injury severity among RTA victims who visited JUMC from March 2020 to April 2021, Jimma, Ethiopia (n = 357).
| Variables | Category | Frequency | (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anatomic part of the body injured | Upper Limbs | 37 | 10.4 |
| Lower Limbs | 108 | 30.3 | |
| Pelvic Area | 15 | 4.2 | |
| Chest Area | 5 | 1.4 | |
| Head Injury | 51 | 14.3 | |
| Multiple injuries | 141 | 39.5 | |
| Characteristics of injury | Fracture | 216 | 60.5 |
| Dislocation | 6 | 1.7 | |
| Laceration | 22 | 6.2 | |
| Abrasion | 59 | 16.5 | |
| Blunt abdominal injury | 54 | 15.1 | |
| Types of wound | Open wound | 87 | 24.4 |
| Closed wound | 219 | 61.3 | |
| Comminuted | 51 | 14.3 | |
| Classification of the Victims | Pedestrian | 177 | 49.6 |
| Driver | 84 | 23.5 | |
| Passenger | 93 | 26.1 | |
| Assistant Driver | 3 | 0.8 | |
| Time of Accident | Night time | 129 | 36.1 |
| Day time | 228 | 63.9 | |
| Type of vehicles | Isuzu | 42 | 11.8 |
| Motor Cycle | 153 | 42.9 | |
| Public Bus | 27 | 7.6 | |
| Minibus | 69 | 19.3 | |
| Bajaj | 66 | 18.5 | |
| Mechanism of injury | Fall down | 129 | 36.1 |
| Roll over | 84 | 23.5 | |
| Collision | 144 | 40.4 | |
| Mode of Transportation | Ambulance | 93 | 26.1 |
| Commercial Vehicle | 63 | 17.6 | |
| Police vehicle | 42 | 11.8 | |
| Private vehicle | 123 | 34.5 | |
| Carried by people | 36 | 10.1 | |
| The time it takes to initial HF | ≤ 1 hour | 177 | 49.6 |
| > 1 hour | 180 | 50.4 | |
| Place where the patient comes | Scene | 144 | 40.3 |
| Hospital | 171 | 47.9 | |
| Health Center | 27 | 7.6 | |
| Private institution | 12 | 3.4 | |
| Self | 3 | 0.8 | |
| The severity of injury | Minor injury | 51 | 14.3 |
| Moderate injury | 132 | 37 | |
| Severe injury | 174 | 48.7 |