Table 1

Unadjusted percentages of the severity of RTI outcomes by selected variables, Oman, 2010–2014

VariablesSeverity of RTIs (%)Total number of incidents
No injury (n=6790)Mild (n=13 346)Moderate (n=9758)Severe (n=2226)Fatal (n=3665)
All19.037.327.36.210.235 785
Driver’s gender
 Male19.935.727.06.510.931 763
 Female11.949.329.64.15.14022
Driver’s age (years)
 <2013.937.428.28.212.32217
 20–2417.239.327.25.510.88631
 25–2919.536.828.06.79.08983
 30–3419.837.328.06.48.55848
 35–3919.535.527.76.410.93605
 40–4421.135.726.75.810.72379
 45–4921.935.523.95.113.61535
 50+21.037.324.75.711.32587
Cause of crash
 Overspeeding19.934.026.56.912.719 757
 Negligence16.341.828.95.77.35567
 Fatigue, wrong manoeuvre14.744.329.65.55.98050
 Alcohol55.821.415.82.84.2720
 Non-human factor21.934.824.04.514.81691
Type of road
 One-way20.637.726.05.710.011 270
 Two-way18.237.127.96.510.324 515
No. of vehicles involved
 Single24.330.726.76.611.719 531
 Multiple12.645.327.85.88.516 254
Type of vehicle
 Saloon19.339.726.45.78.922 761
 Four-wheel19.134.526.66.413.44239
 Pickup18.834.029.16.811.33813
 Bus13.535.632.26.312.4872
 Heavy vehicle18.130.530.38.312.84100
Day of the crash
 Weekday19.237.727.26.29.725 517
 Weekend18.536.327.26.311.710 268
Month of the crash
 January–March18.638.127.76.29.49400
 April–June20.536.827.16.19.59744
 July–September18.036.927.36.511.38958
 October–December18.637.426.96.210.97683
Year of the crash
 201026.033.325.36.19.37366
 201117.737.127.37.110.87561
 201218.339.426.15.410.88054
 201318.638.70.00027.25.89.77657
 201412.337.931.87.210.85147
Driver’s nationality
 Oman18.238.127.66.29.929 292
 India25.735.124.15.69.52357
 Bangladesh12.431.331.89.515.0814
 Pakistan23.231.625.06.813.41735
 Arab21.534.022.96.215.41021
 Other24.238.726.04.26.9566
Governorate
 Muscat23.042.126.43.84.712 491
 Musandam26.735.525.28.64.0546
 Dhofar3.514.336.413.432.4945
 Dakhliya17.439.926.26.410.15275
 Sharqia19.938.528.25.77.76739
 Batina12.928.030.110.019.05578
 Dhahira19.837.924.16.911.33729
 Wusta5.816.825.97.344.2482
  • n is the number of registered incidents; row percentage sums to 100%.

  • RTI, road traffic injury.