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Table 4 Distribution of vehicle and collission type

From: Injury severity levels and associated factors among road traffic collision victims referred to emergency departments of selected public hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: the study based on the Haddon matrix

Variables

Categories

Frequency (Percentage)

Injury Severity status

x2

severe

Not severe

Vehicle type

Light vehicle

215 (59.2)

67

148

0.024

Medium Heavy vehicle

107 (29.5)

44

63

Large Heavy Vehicle

41 (11.3)

21

20

Accident type

Collision with pedestrian

144 (39.7)

52

92

0.045

Collision with animate/an inanimate object

30 (8.3)

14

16

Vehicle to vehicle collision

71 (27.3)

16

55

Overturning

96 (26.4)

39

57

Falling from moving vehicle

22 (6.1)

11

11