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Table 2 Drivers related factors associated with RTAs in Finote Selam town, Northwest Ethiopia from September 2009 to January 2018

From: Determinants of fatal car accident risk in Finote Selam town, Northwest Ethiopia

variable

Chi-square analysis

 

Human road traffic accident outcome

Slight injury

Serious injury

Fatal

Chi-square

P-value

Season type

Autumn

22 (40.0%)

27 (49.1%)

6 (10.9%)

18.46

.005*

Winter

23 (37.7%)

28 (45.9%)

10 (16.4%)

Spring

22 (40.7%)

21 (38.9%)

11 (20.4%)

Summer

25 (29.4%)

27 (31.8%)

33 (38.8%)

Day

Weekend

20 (26.7%)

22 (29.3%)

33 (44.0%)

24.75

0.001*

Weekday

72 (40.0%)

81 (45.0%)

27 (15.0%)

  

Driver’s educational level

Below Grade 12

66 (33.3%)

78 (39.4%)

54 (27.3%)

7.34

0.025*

Grade 12 and above

26 (45.6%)

25 (43.9%)

6 (10.5%)

Vehicle to driver relation

Own

20 (54.1%)

12 (32.4%)

5 (13.5%)

6.40

.041*

Employed

72 (33.0%)

91 (41.7%)

55 (25.2%)

Vehicle type

Minibus

34 (30.1%)

45 (39.8%)

34 (30.1%)

6.92

.328

Bajaj

12 (36.4%)

16 (48.5%)

51 (5.2%)

Cargo

30 (43.5%)

26 (37.7%)

13 (18.8%)

Pickup

16 (40.0%)

16 (40.0%)

8 (20.0%)

Vehicle owner

Private

73 (35.6%)

81 (39.5%)

51 (24.9%)

1.07

.585

Government

19 (38.0%)

22 (44.0%)

9 (18.0%)