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Table 1 Descriptive statistics of PMVC occurring near newly implemented school crossing guards (n = 260)

From: Do school crossing guards make crossing roads safer? A quasi-experimental study of pedestrian-motor vehicle collisions in Toronto, Canada

Variable

N (%)

Age

 

 Infant (0–4)

4 (1.6 %)

 Elementary age (4–12)

31 (12.5 %)

 Middle school age (13–14)

16 (6.5 %)

 High school age (15–18)

19 (7.7 %)

 Adult (19–64)

142 (57.3 %)

 Older adult (65+)

36 (14.5 %)

Injury Severity

 

 No injury

22 (8.5 %)

 Minimal

82 (31.5 %)

 Minor (seen in emergency department)

136 (52.3 %)

 Major (admitted to hospital)

18 (6.9 %)

 Fatal

2 (0.8 %)

Crossing guard duty hours

 

 During duty hours

79 (30.4 %)

 Outside of duty hours

181 (69.6 %)