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Table 2 Type of vehicle involved in the road traffic crashes, position of the victims, deployment of the airbag, and use of helmets

From: Epidemiological pattern of injuries among road traffic crash victims: the first experience of a large tertiary care hospital in the West Bank of Palestine

Variable

n

%

Type of vehicle

 Car

1494

96.8

 Motorcycle

18

1.2

 Bicycle

20

1.3

 Truck

9

0.6

 Scooter

3

0.2

The vehicle hit/was hit by

 Car

654

42.4

 Self-crash

169

10.9

 Truck

23

1.5

 Animal

5

0.3

 Motorcycle

2

0.1

 Bicycle

1

0.1

 Missing information

690

44.7

Seat occupied by the victim

 Driver

448

29.0

 Back passenger seat

313

20.3

 Front passenger seat

222

14.4

 Pedestrian

127

8.2

Missing information

434

28.1

Deployed airbag

 No

430

27.8

 Yes

244

15.8

 Missing information

870

56.3

Use of helmeta

 No

3

13.0

 Yes

4

17.4

 Missing information

16

69.6

  1. aFor motorcycles, bicycles, and scooters