Prevalence and Pattern of Road Traffic Accidents among Commercial Motorcyclists in the Central Tongu District, Ghana

Table 2

Patterns and degrees of injuries among commercial motorcyclists.

Variables	Parameter	Frequency	Percentage
Object of collision	Another motorbike	5	6.8
	A stationary object	13	17.8
	A vehicle (car, truck, etc.)	37	50.7
	Others (stray animals)	18	24.7
Sustained injury	Yes	61	83.6
	No	12	16.4
Site of injury	Lower limb	33	54.1
	Upper limb	14	23.0
	Head/face	8	13.1
	Trunk	6	9.8
Number of pillion riders during accident	None	17	23.3
	One	32	43.8
	Two	24	32.9
Pillion riders sustained injury	Yes	48	85.7
	No	8	14.3
Nature of injury of pillion rider	Lower limb	27	56.3
	Upper limb	7	14.6
	Head/face	14	29.2