Comparison of Fatal Injuries Resulting from Tractor and High Speed Motorcycle Accidents in Turkey: A Multicenter Study

Table 1

General characteristics of the patients.

		Tractor	Motorcycle	P
		(n=88)	(n=339)
Age, year	mean±SD; median (min-max)	50.8±17.4; 50.5 (17-87)	31.3±14.5; 26 (18-74)	<0.001
GCS	mean±SD; median (min-max)	14.2±2.5; 15 (3-15)	14.6±1.8; 15 (3-15)	0.062
RTS	mean±SD; median (min-max)	11.6±1.6; 12 (3-12)	11.8±1.3; 12 (0-12)	0.201
Duration, hour	mean±SD; median (min-max)	2.9±2.1; 2 (0.8-12)	2.7±1.7; 2 (0.25-12)	0.481
Gender	n (%)			0.001
Female		20 (22.7)	32 (9.4)
Male		68 (77.3)	307 (90.6)
Route of admission	n (%)			0.810
Emergency ambulance		71 (80.7)	281 (82.9)
Private car		8 (9.1)	24 (7.1)
Walking		9 (10.2)	34 (10)

GCS, Glasgow coma score; RTS, revised trauma score.