Walking against or with traffic? Evaluating pedestrian fatalities and head injuries in Taiwan

BMC Public Health

Table 2 Odds of fatal injuries sustained by pedestrians

	β	SD	OR	95% CI	p value
Driver gender
Male	0.560	0.201	1.75	1.18–2.60	0.005
Female	Ref
Pedestrian age
≥ 65	2.165	0.592	8.72	2.73–27.79	<.001
41–64	1.285	0.600	3.62	1.12–11.73	0.032
19–40	0.418	0.644	1.52	0.43–5.37	0.516
< =18	Ref
Walking direction
With traffic	0.793	0.312	2.21	1.20–4.08	< 0.001
Against traffic	Ref
Location
Rural	0.315	0.139	1.37	1.04–1.80	0.024
Urban	Ref
Driver alcohol use
Alcohol use	0.457	0.186	1.58	1.10–2.27	0.014
Alcohol non-use	Ref
Light condition
Dark unlit	0.979	0.319	2.66	1.43–4.97	0.002
Dark lit	0.687	0.218	1.99	1.30–3.10	0.002
Daylight	Ref
Crash partner
Large vehicle	1.139	0.205	3.13	2.10–4.67	<.001
Car	0.523	0.180	1.69	1.19–2.40	0.004
Motorcycle	Ref
Injured body region
Head and neck	1.868	0.372	6.48	3.12–13.45	<.001
Extremities	−2.882	0.793	0.056	0.012–0.27	<.001
Chest and abdomen	−0.131	0.378	0.88	0.42–1.84	0.730
Spine	Ref
Crash of time
Midnight	1.022	0.216	2.78	1.82–4.25	<.001
Evening hour	0.040	0.228	1.04	0.67–1.63	0.860
Non rush hour	0.170	0.249	1.19	0.73–1.93	0.494
Rush hour	Ref

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