Research Article

Identifying Factors Contributing to the Motorcycle Crash Severity in Pakistan

Table 3

Estimation results for the random parameter model.

VariableCoefficientOdds ratioStd. err

Constant−3.8261.41620

Environmental characteristics
Season (relative to autumn)
Summer0.1991.2200.0790.011
Day of week (relative to weekday)
Weekends0.1441.1550.0770.063
Time of day (relative to noon)
Morning1.5254.5940.694<0.01
Std. dev. morning2.8840.884<0.01
Night0.1991.2200.0880.022

Motorcyclists’ characteristics
Age (relative to 25–40)
≤240.2841.3290.1010.005
550.9822.6700.125<0.01
Std. dev. ≥552.2020.1350.025
Pillion passenger (relative to no pillion passenger)
Pillion passenger−2.1570.1150.474<0.01
Std. dev. pillion passenger2.7300.302<0.01
Female pillion passenger cloth stuck in wheel (relative to no)
Cloth stuck in wheel (yes)0.5181.6790.3010.085

Crash characteristics
Collision vehicle (relative to other)
Motorcycle−1.1610.3130.220<0.01
Std. dev. motorcycle2.4340.178<0.01
Heavy vehicle0.8722.3910.189<0.01
Single vehicle0.3971.4880.107<0.01

Symbols , , and indicate significance at 1%, 5%, and 10% level, respectively. Random parameters are highlighted using italics.