Research Article
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 |
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