Table 1 Participant characteristics & crash experience
From: Risky motorcycle riding behaviour among young riders in Manipal, India
Age | % (n) | Mean | Standard deviation |
|---|---|---|---|
18–20 | 52.7 (159) | 20.91 | 2.06 |
21–23 | 32 (96) | ||
24–25 | 15.3 (45) | ||
Gender | %(n) | ||
Male | 93 (279) | ||
Female | 7 (21) | ||
Education | %(n) | ||
Illiterate | 1.3 (4) | ||
SSLC | 3.7 (11) | ||
Graduate | 82.3 (247) | ||
Postgraduate | 12.7 (38) | ||
Category | %(n) | ||
Student | 92.3 (277) | ||
Employed | 7 (21) | ||
Unemployed | 0.7 (2) | ||
Type of Motorcycle | %(n) | ||
100 cc–125 cc | 40.7(122) | ||
125 cc–200 cc | 57.6 (173) | ||
More than 500 cc | 1.7 (5) | ||
Average hours of riding in a week | |||
Number | %(n) | ||
Less than 5 h | 46.3 (139) | ||
5–10 h | 36.4 (109) | ||
> 10 h | 17.3 (52) | ||
The number of severe injury crashes they were involved in over the past three months | |||
 Number | %(n) | ||
 None | 74.7 (224) | ||
 One | 17 (51) | ||
vTwo or more | 8.3 (25) | ||
Light/mild injury crashes | |||
 Number | %(n) | ||
 None | 57.7 (173) | ||
 One | 36.7 (110) | ||
 Two or more | 5.7 (17) | ||
Material damage crash (Damage to some part of the motorcycle) | |||
 Number | %(n) | ||
 None | 53.7 (161) | ||
 One | 35 (105) | ||
 Two or more | 11.3 (34) | ||
Near crash experience over the past three months | |||
 Number | %(n) | ||
 None | 52.7 (158) | ||
 One | 34.3 (103) | ||
 Two or more | 13 (39) | ||