Research Article

Identifying the Smoking and Smokeless Tobacco-Related Predictors on Frequencies of Heavy Vehicle Traffic Accidents in Bangladesh: Linear and Binary Logistic Regression-Based Approach

Table 1

Elaboration of the response and different predictors for RTAs.

Ser. No.Response/predictorsElaborationValue range

1AccidentFreqFrequency of accidents
2AvgCigPerDayThe average number of cigarettes smoked each dayNatural numbers
3NosmokePerDrivHrNumber of smoking per hour of drivingNatural numbers
4SmokeDurDriveStatus of whether a driver smokes while he is drivingYes, no
5FoursmokemoreStatus of smoking four or more cigarettes per dayYes, no
6AgeAge of each driverNatural numbers
7DrivingHourNumber of hours taken to driveNatural numbers
8CigUseYrNumber of days per year that people smoke cigarettesNatural numbers
9NoSmokeDurDriveNumber of smoking while drivingNatural numbers
10SmokeorTobaccoStatusStatus of smoking (yes or no)Yes, no
11SmokeDailyStatus of whether a driver smokes every dayYes, no
12TypeofSmokeNumber of the type of smoking a driver usesNatural numbers
13TypofSmklessTobcType of tobacco-free smokingGul, Jarda, Khoini, White-pata, no consumption
14SmkLessTobDailyStatStatus of a driver’s less-than-daily tobacco useNo consumption, daily, sometimes