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

Table 4

Association between respondents’ characteristics and involvement in accident.

Variables	Responses	Ever been involved in an accident
	Parameter	Yes	No	Total	Statistics	value
		73 (64.0)	41 (36.0)	114 (100.0)
Age	Less than 20	9 (7.9)	3 (2.6)	12 (10.5)	3.124	0.373
	20–30	43 (37.7)	23 (20.2)	66 (57.9)
	31–40	19 (16.7)	11 (9.6)	30 (26.3)
	More than 40	2 (1.8)	4 (3.5)	6 (5.3)
Marital status	Single	42 (36.8)	30 (26.3)	72 (63.2)	3.229	0.199
	Married	28 (24.6)	9 (7.9)	37 (32.5)
	Divorced	3 (2.6)	2 (1.8)	5 (4.4)
Educational level	None	8 (7.0)	2 (1.8)	10 (8.8)	15.633	0.001
	Basic	44 (38.6)	14 (12.3)	58 (50.9)
	Secondary	16 (14.0)	24 (21.1)	40 (35.1)
	Tertiary	5 (4.4)	1 (0.9)	6 (5.3)
History of alcohol use	Yes	39 (34.2)	0 (0.0)	39 (34.2)	33.294	0.001
	No	34 (29.8)	41 (36.0)	75 (65.8)