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Table 5 Variables included in the analysis of factors associated with KSI pedestrians

From: Prevalence and factors associated with pedestrian fatalities and serious injuries: case Finland

 

Variable

Original data or categories

Categories used in the analysis

Data

Missing/omitted

Pedestrian

Gender

Male; female unknown

Male; female

KSI pedestrians

(n = 285)

–

Age

Age

0–17; 18–34; 35–54; 55–64; 65–74; ≥75

–

Driver

Gender

Male, female, unknown

Male; female

Involved drivers

(n = 287)

6

Age

Age

15–34; 35–54; 55–64; 65–74; ≥75

10

Age of driving licence

0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6–10, > 10, unknown

< 1 year; 1–5 years; > 5 years

51

Vehicle

Type

Passenger car, van, bus, truck, moped, motorcycle, special automobile, agricultural tractor, other motorised vehicle, motor sleigh, animal vehicle, bicycle, tram, train,

Passenger car; van; bus; truck; other (moped, motorcycle and other motor-driven vehicles)

Involved vehicles

(n = 287)

–

Age

0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11–14, > 15, unknown

< 1 year; 1–5 years; > 5 years

16

Accident location

Place of accident

Carriageway, pedestrian crossing, car park, cycle path, bridge, bus stop, ferry place, ramp

Carriageway; pedestrian crossing;

car park; other (cycle path, bridge, bus stop)

KSI pedestrians

(n = 285)

–

Speed limit

5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 110, 120

≤30 km/h; 40 km/h; 50–70 km/h; ≥80 km/h

–

Type of munici-pality

Municipality code

Metropolitan area (49, 91, 92, 235); large city (179, 297, 398, 564, 837, 853); midsized city (82, 109, 153, 165, 167, 285, 286, 405, 491, 609, 638, 684, 694, 698, 740, 743, 905, 915); small city (20, 61, 75, 78, 98, 106, 111, 140, 182–202, 205, 211, 224, 240, 244–245, 257, 272, 287, 320, 418, 434, 444, 499–500, 529, 536, 543, 598, 604, 678, 680, 710, 734, 749, 851, 858, 893, 895, 908, 927, 980, 992); small municipality (5–19, 46–47, 50–52, 69–74, 77, 79–81, 86, 90, 97, 99–105, 108, 139, 142–152, 169–178, 181, 204, 208, 213–218, 226–233, 236–239, 241, 249–256, 260–271, 273–284, 288–291, 300–319, 322, 399–403, 407–416, 420–433, 435–442, 445–489, 494–498, 503–508, 531–535, 538–541, 545–563, 576–595, 599–601, 607, 608, 611–636, 681–683, 686–691, 697, 700–707, 729–732, 738–739, 742, 746–748, 751–834, 844–850, 854–857, 859–892, 911, 918–925, 931–977, 981–989)

1 (non- mainland)

Area type

Coordinates

Inner urban area; outer urban area;peri-urban area and rural area close to urban area; Local centre in rural area

Rural heartland and sparsely populated rural area

–

Road and weather conditions

Road surface

Bare (dry), bare (wet), water in wheel tracks, snowy, slushy, icy, wheel tracks bare, unknown

Dry; wet (bare (wet) and water in wheel tracks); winter conditions (snowy, icy, slushy or wheel tracks bare)

KSI pedestrians

(n = 285)

14

Lighting cond.

Daylight, dawn or twilight, no streetlights or streetlights unlit, streetlights lit

–

Weather cond.

Clear, cloudy, fog, rain, snow, sleet, unknown

Clear; cloudy; other (fog, rain, snow or sleet)

10

Temp.

Celsius degrees

<−3 °C; −3–3 °C; > 3 °C

–

Time of occurrence

Season

Month

Spring (Mar–May); summer (Jun–Aug); autumn (Sep–Nov); winter (Dec–Feb)

KSI pedestrians (n = 285)

–

Day of the week

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday

–

Time of day

Hour

Morning (6:00–11:59); afternoon (12:00–17:59); evening (18:00–23:59); night-time (00:00–5:59)

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