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Table 1 Passenger, driver, vehicle and crash characteristics for rear-seated passengers involved in side crashes, NASS/GES 2011–2014

From: Side impact motor vehicle crashes: driver, passenger, vehicle and crash characteristics for fatally and nonfatally-injured rear-seated adults

 

Belted

Unbelted

Total

 
 

No/Minor injury

Severe/Fatal Injury

No/Minor injury

Severe/Fatal Injury

  
 

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Chisq (p-value)a

Totalb, c

361,170 (91.3)

3,924 (1.0)

27,918 (7.1)

2,492 (0.6)

395,504 (100.0)

 

Passenger Characteristics (n=395,504)

 Age

     

0.2 (0.95)

  18–24

154,228 (42.7)

1,659 (42.3)

15,302 (54.8)

909 (36.5)

172,098 (43.5)

 

  25–44

111,107 (30.8)

1,043 (26.6)

8,833 (31.6)

1,083 (43.5)

122,067 (30.8)

 

  45–64

62,810 (17.4)

745 (19.0)

2,980 (10.7)

426 (17.1)

66,960 (16.9)

 

  65+

33,026 (9.1)

477 (12.2)

803 (2.9)

74 (3.0)

34380 (8.7)

 

 Gender

     

0.006 (0.92)

  Male

164,163 (45.6)

1,623 (41.5)

13,047 (46.7)

1,234 (49.5)

180,067 (45.6)

 

 Seating Position

     

0.07 (0.92)

  Left seated

143,658 (39.9)

1,556 (39.9)

11,069 (40.7)

914 (38.8)

157,197 (39.9)

 

  Middle seated

25,099 (7.0)

118 (3.0)

3,515 (12.9)

330 (14.0)

29,062 (7.4)

 

  Right seated

191,408 (53.1)

2,228 (57.1)

12,595 (46.3)

1,111 (47.2)

207,341 (52.7)

 

Driver Characteristics (n=284,554)

 Age

     

0.9 (0.48)

  15–19

32,639 (13.6)

337 (12.0)

2,791 (15.7)

225 (11.8)

38,041 (13.4)

 

  20–44

129,185 (53.8)

1,339 (48.0)

9,699 (54.7)

1,274 (67.1)

153,703 (54.5)

 

  45–64

57,849 (24.1)

715 (25.6)

4,486 (25.3)

349 (18.4)

68,002 (24.1)

 

  65+

20,287 (8.5)

396 (14.1)

731 (4.1)

51 (2.6)

22,287 (7.9)

 

 Gender

     

1.5 (0.17)

  Male

143,479 (59.8)

1,377 (49.1)

12,189 (68.1)

999 (52.5)

170,237 (59.8)

 

 Restraint Status

     

27.6 (<0.0001)

  Yes

237,425 (98.3)

2,709 (97.2)

14,334 (79.3)

1,321 (73.6)

20,998 (97.7)

 

 Alcohol involved

     

26.8 (<0.0001)

  Yes

3,461 (1.5)

115 (4.5)

706 (4.3)

393 (23.1)

5,795 (2.2)

 

Vehicle Characteristics

 Vehicle model year

     

5.9 (0.025)

  <1994

9,258 (2.6)

60 (1.5)

555 (2.0)

64 (2.6)

9,937 (2.5)

 

  1994–1997

21,177 (5.9)

166 (4.2)

1,754 (6.3)

110 (4.4)

23,207 (5.9)

 

  1998–2004

138,809 (38.6)

2,245 (57.2)

14,872 (53.3)

1,245 (50.0)

157,171 (39.9)

 

  2005–2008

93,075 (25.9)

856 (21.8)

5,122 (18.3)

483 (19.4)

99,536 (25.3)

 

  2009–2014

97,506 (27.1)

596 (15.2)

5,616 (20.1)

590 (23.7)

104,308 (26.5)

 

 Vehicle type

     

4.8 (0.073)

  Car

207,252 (57.4)

2,690 (68.5)

17,008 (60.9)

1,614 (64.8)

228,564 (57.8)

 

  SUV

71,244 (19.7)

855 (21.8)

5,478 (19.6)

439 (17.6)

78,016 (19.7)

 

  Van

37,633 (10.4)

240 (6.1)

3,207 (11.5)

149 (6.0)

41,228 (10.4)

 

  Pickup

45,041 (12.5)

140 (3.6)

2,225 (8.0)

290 (11.6)

47,686 (12.1)

 

 Crash Rating

  Side crash rating

     

8.9 (0.018)

   Unrated

288,448 (79.9)

3,200 (81.6)

22,465 (80.5)

1,662 (66.7)

315,775 (79.8)

 

   Poor

20,289 (5.6)

230 (5.9)

2,530 (9.1)

89 (3.6)

23137 (5.9)

 

   Marginal

6,450 (1.8)

54 (1.4)

729 (2.6)

160 (6.4)

7,393 (1.9)

 

   Acceptable

6,717 (1.9)

210 (5.4)

411 (1.5)

209 (8.4)

7,548 (1.9)

 

   Good

39,266 (10.9)

230 (5.9)

1,784 (6.4)

372 (14.9)

41,651 (10.5)

 

Crash Characteristics

 Time of crash

     

0.02 (0.88)

  Day

216,322 (60.0)

2,592 (66.1)

12,681 (45.4)

1,291 (51.8)

232,886 (59.0)

 

  Night

144,285 (40.0)

1,332 (33.9)

15,237 (54.6)

1,201 (48.2)

162,054 (41.0)

 

 Week of Day

     

0.04 (0.78)

  Weekday

228,083 (63.2)

2,443 (62.3)

17,709 (63.4)

1,526 (61.3)

249,761 (63.2)

 

  Weekend

133,087 (36.8)

1,481 (37.7)

10,209 (36.6)

966 (38.7)

145,743 (36.9)

 

 Crash Side

     

4.2 (0.010)

  Same side

169,036 (46.9)

2,272 (58.2)

11,455 (42.1)

1,374 (58.4)

184,137(46.8)

 

  Middle seated

25,099 (7.0)

118 (3.0)

3,515 (12.9)

330 (14.0)

29,062 (7.4)

 

  Opposite side

166,030 (46.1)

1,512 (38.7)

12,209 (44.9)

650 (27.6)

180,402 (45.8)

 

 Crash Type

     

23.9 (<0.0001)

  Single vehicle

44,837 (13.0)

726 (18.6)

5,063 (18.9)

1,017 (40.8)

51,643 (13.6)

 

  Angle

156,095 (45.2)

2,630 (67.4)

13,297 (49.5)

962 (38.6)

172,984 (45.6)

 

  Sideswipe-same direction

129,184 (37.4)

498 (12.8)

6,815 (25.4)

485 (19.4)

136,982 (36.1)

 

  Sideswipe-opposite direction

15,605 (4.5)

47 (1.2)

1,681 (6.3)

28 (1.1)

17,361 (4.6)

 

 Striking vehicle

     

17.7 (<0.0001)

  No striking vehicle

37,264 (10.7)

579 (15.9)

4,674 (17.7)

998 (40.3)

43,515 (11.4)

 

  Multiple vehicle

21,133 (6.1)

252 (6.9)

708 (2.7)

247 (10.0)

22,341 (5.9)

 

  Smaller/similar

201,727 (57.8)

1,832 (50.3)

13,552 (51.3)

569 (23.0)

217,680 (57.1)

 

  Larger

88,706 (25.4)

982 (26.9)

7,494 (28.4)

661 (26.7)

97,843 (25.7)

 

 Rollover

     

52.6 (<0.0001)

  Yes

6,315 (1.7)

369 (9.4)

1,994 (7.1)

640 (25.7)

9,318 (2.4)

 

 Ejection

     

269.7 (<0.0001)

  Yes

52 (0.0)

84 (2.3)

405 (1.6)

596 (24.4)

1,137 (0.3)

 

 Speed related

     

27.1 (<0.0001)

  Yes

15,780 (4.4)

345 (8.9)

1,358 (5.0)

759 (30.8)

18,242 (4.7)

 
  1. aChi-square and p value expressed are for the relationship between the left-side variable and severe/fatal injury
  2. bPercentage for Total are row percentages; all the other are column percentages
  3. CTotal in each stratum are different due to missing values