Variables | Severity of RTI | ||||
No injury | Mild | Moderate | Severe | Fatal | |
Driver’s gender | |||||
Male | 0.928 | 0.864 | 0.875 | 0.912 | 0.918 |
Female | 0.072 | 0.136 | 0.126 | 0.088 | 0.078 |
Driver’s age | |||||
<20 | 0.047 | 0.064 | 0.062 | 0.077 | 0.073 |
20–24 | 0.223 | 0.250 | 0.236 | 0.224 | 0.266 |
25–29 | 0.259 | 0.249 | 0.257 | 0.269 | 0.216 |
30–34 | 0.172 | 0.161 | 0.168 | 0.165 | 0.140 |
35–39 | 0.103 | 0.099 | 0.104 | 0.096 | 0.100 |
40–44 | 0.071 | 0.064 | 0.065 | 0.061 | 0.070 |
45–49 | 0.046 | 0.042 | 0.039 | 0.040 | 0.052 |
50+ | 0.077 | 0.071 | 0.065 | 0.066 | 0.087 |
Cause of crash | |||||
Overspeeding | 0.520 | 0.537 | 0.539 | 0.602 | 0.671 |
Negligence | 0.155 | 0.162 | 0.164 | 0.149 | 0.119 |
Fatigue, wrong manoeuvre | 0.226 | 0.234 | 0.245 | 0.210 | 0.143 |
Alcohol | 0.051 | 0.015 | 0.011 | 0.010 | 0.009 |
Collision with objects | 0.048 | 0.053 | 0.041 | 0.033 | 0.051 |
Type of road | |||||
One-way | 0.324 | 0.308 | 0.300 | 0.321 | 0.361 |
Two-way | 0.675 | 0.693 | 0.695 | 0.681 | 0.650 |
No. of vehicles involved | |||||
Single | 0.711 | 0.458 | 0.545 | 0.564 | 0.553 |
Multiple | 0.294 | 0.540 | 0.454 | 0.436 | 0.450 |
Type of vehicle | |||||
Saloon | 0.648 | 0.668 | 0.612 | 0.597 | 0.587 |
Four-wheel | 0.119 | 0.112 | 0.115 | 0.123 | 0.145 |
Pickup | 0.107 | 0.101 | 0.114 | 0.110 | 0.107 |
Bus | 0.018 | 0.023 | 0.027 | 0.029 | 0.031 |
Heavy vehicle | 0.107 | 0.097 | 0.132 | 0.142 | 0.132 |
Day of crash | |||||
Weekday | 0.729 | 0.712 | 0.710 | 0.722 | 0.689 |
Weekend | 0.270 | 0.289 | 0.287 | 0.280 | 0.315 |
Month of crash | |||||
January–March | 0.268 | 0.265 | 0.260 | 0.259 | 0.258 |
April–June | 0.287 | 0.277 | 0.264 | 0.259 | 0.257 |
July–September | 0.241 | 0.247 | 0.254 | 0.258 | 0.261 |
October–December | 0.203 | 0.211 | 0.220 | 0.226 | 0.229 |
Year of crash | |||||
2010 | 0.274 | 0.186 | 0.195 | 0.198 | 0.188 |
2011 | 0.196 | 0.206 | 0.215 | 0.243 | 0.224 |
2012 | 0.222 | 0.238 | 0.212 | 0.203 | 0.231 |
2013 | 0.210 | 0.224 | 0.211 | 0.196 | 0.205 |
2014 | 0.096 | 0.147 | 0.164 | 0.164 | 0.156 |
Driver’s nationality | |||||
Oman | 0.795 | 0.823 | 0.833 | 0.827 | 0.808 |
India | 0.079 | 0.067 | 0.058 | 0.062 | 0.061 |
Bangladesh | 0.017 | 0.021 | 0.026 | 0.028 | 0.029 |
Pakistan | 0.058 | 0.047 | 0.041 | 0.044 | 0.055 |
Arab | 0.030 | 0.028 | 0.026 | 0.028 | 0.037 |
Other | 0.018 | 0.017 | 0.015 | 0.014 | 0.013 |
Governorate | |||||
Muscat | 0.426 | 0.383 | 0.345 | 0.221 | 0.169 |
Musandam | 0.020 | 0.015 | 0.013 | 0.020 | 0.006 |
Dhofar | 0.005 | 0.010 | 0.036 | 0.061 | 0.075 |
Dakhliya | 0.131 | 0.159 | 0.139 | 0.154 | 0.150 |
Sharqia | 0.191 | 0.201 | 0.190 | 0.166 | 0.143 |
Batina | 0.116 | 0.114 | 0.173 | 0.244 | 0.285 |
Dhahira | 0.109 | 0.108 | 0.091 | 0.113 | 0.108 |
Wusta | 0.003 | 0.007 | 0.013 | 0.020 | 0.050 |
RTI, road traffic injury.