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Table 4 Logistic regression of injury occurrence to bus passengers

From: Bus accident severity and passenger injury: evidence from Denmark

Variable

Categories

Odds ratio

Bus driver’s maneuver

Going straighta

Turning right

0.464***

Turning left

0.498***

Standing

0.446***

Bus driver’s maneuver at intersection

Red light crossed

1.502*

Yellow light crossed

1.605*

No traffic controla

Third party involved

Pedestrian

0.545**

Cyclist

0.451***

Moped

0.481**

Motorcycle

0.336*

Cara

Van

1.209*

Heavy vehicles

4.161***

Object

2.863***

Third party’s maneuver

Going straighta

Turning right

0.413***

Turning left

0.590***

Standing and parking

0.724*

Third party’s maneuver at intersection

Red light crossed

1.608**

Yellow light crossed

2.001*

No traffic controla

Speed limit

70 km/h or lessa

80 km/h or more

1.426*

Surface conditions

Drya

Slippery (wet, snow, ice)

1.163*

Land use

Residential

1.146*

Commercial or Industriala

Open areas

1.379*

Time of day

06–09a

09–15

1.101*

15–18

0.662**

18–21

0.729*

21–06

0.738*

Year-specific effects

2002a

2003

0.893

2004

0.611**

2005

0.706

2006

0.435***

2007

0.609**

2008

0.587**

2009

0.817

2010

0.517***

2011

0.748

Number of observations

3434

Log-likelihood at estimates

719.19

McFadden rho-square

0.1096

  1. Significance with respect to odds ratio equal to 1.0
  2. *Significant at the 0.10 level
  3. **Significant at the 0.05 level
  4. ***Significant at the 0.01 level