Risk Factors for Road Traffic Injuries among Different Road Users in the Gambia
Table 3
Injury characteristics by road user type.
Factors
Total1
Pedestrian
Bicyclist/motorcyclist
In-vehicle occupant
(%)
(%)
(%)
(%)
Total (, %)2
254
(100.0)
118
(46.5)
52
(20.5)
79
(31.1)
Primary nature of injury3
Soft tissue (open wound/abrasion/contusion)
94
(37.5)
42
(35.6)
23
(44.2)
29
(36.7)
Fracture
88
(35.1)
43
(36.4)
19
(36.5)
26
(32.9)
Dislocation/sprain/strain
13
(5.2)
4
(3.4)
2
(3.8)
7
(8.9)
Concussion/brain injury
42
(16.7)
26
(22.0)
6
(11.5)
9
(11.4)
Other/unknown
14
(5.6)
3
(2.5)
2
(3.8)
8
(10.1)
Primary body part
Head/skull
74
(29.5)
46
(39.0)
10
(19.2)
17
(21.5)
Face/neck
33
(13.1)
9
(7.6)
11
(21.2)
13
(16.5)
Thorax/lumbar spine/abdomen
10
(4.0)
5
(4.2)
1
(1.9)
4
(5.1)
Lower extremity/pelvis/hip
96
(38.2)
50
(42.4)
21
(40.4)
24
(30.4)
Upper extremity
29
(11.6)
5
(4.2)
7
(13.5)
17
(21.5)
Multiple body parts
8
(3.2)
3
(2.5)
2
(3.8)
3
(3.8)
Other/unknown
1
(0.4)
0
(0.0)
0
(0.0)
1
(1.3)
Multiple injuries3
Yes
55
(21.9)
29
(24.6)
11
(21.2)
15
(19.0)
No
196
(78.1)
89
(75.4)
41
(78.8)
64
(81.0)
Numbers may not add to 254 due to missing data. Road user type: “Other” was not depicted as separate column in table due to small number (; 2% of total) yet is included in “Total” column. Primary nature of injury: these variables are not mutually exclusive but are the most prevalent injury reported by the patients.
