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Table 2 Serious injuries (ISS > 8) in Region Västmanland in rural and urban areas 2003–2014 (N = 633)

From: Incidence of seriously injured road users in a Swedish region, 2003–2014, from the perspective of a national road safety policy

Variables

Rural area

Urban area

p-value

n = 262

%

n = 371

%

Chi2-value

df

Road user group

< 0.001

Car or bus driver/passenger, lorry driver

183

69.8%

32

8.6%

317.167

Cyclist

24

9.2%

161

43.4%

4

Moped rider

9

3.4%

22

5.9%

 

Motorcycle rider

29

11.1%

9

2.4%

 

Pedestrian

17

6.5%

147

39.6%

 

Road area

< 0.001

Vision Zero Area:

83

31.7%

53

14.3%

27.540

  Motorway 110 km/h

19

 

0

  

  Barrier separated road 100 km/h

27

 

0

  

  Speed camera section

17

 

0

  

  Road 80, 60 or 40 km/h

14

 

3

  

  Roundabout

6

 

2

  

  Road 30 km/h, over or under pass

0

 

48

  

Non-Vision Zero Area:

179

68.3%

318

85.7%

 

  Road 110, 100, 90, 70 or 50 km/h

135

 

60

  

  Junction - T- or X-junction

35

 

37

  

  Pedestrian crossing, road ≥40 km/h

5

 

24

  

  Track for cyclist, pedestrian, moped rider

2

 

102

  

  Pavement

2

 

95

  

Type of accident

< 0.001

Multi crash

131

50.0%

114

30.7%

24.041

Single crach

131

50.0%

257

69.3%

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Age

< 0.001

0–14

12

4.6%

16

4.3%

68.641

15–24

50

19.1%

42

11.3%

5

25–44

76

29.0%

38

10.2%

 

45–64

67

25.6%

98

26.4%

 

65–74

32

12.2%

68

18.3%

 

75 and above

25

9.5%

109

29.5%

 

Sex

0.012

Men

171

65.3%

205

55.3%

6.381

Women

91

34.7%

166

44.7%

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