Total | Non-pedestrian road injury | Pedestrians struck | |
---|---|---|---|
n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |
Injury | |||
Amputation | 2 (2) | 2 (5) | 0 |
Fracture or dislocation | 43 (50) | 26 (59) | 17 (44) |
TBI or SCI | 10 (12) | 3 (8) | 7 (18) |
Burn | 1 (1) | 1 (2) | 0 |
Polytrauma | 24 (28) | 11 (25) | 13 (33) |
Unknown | 3 (3) | 1 (2) | 2 (5) |
Initial site of care | |||
Hospital | 54 (63) | 29 (66) | 25 (66) |
Clinic | 28 (33) | 15 (34) | 13 (34) |
Surgical care | |||
Procedure(s) with anaesthesia | 22 (26) | 14 (33) | 8 (22) |
Procedure(s) without anaesthesia | 33 (38) | 19 (45) | 14 (38) |
No procedure required | 24 (28) | 9 (22) | 15 (41) |
Hospitalisation | |||
Not hospitalised | 35 (41) | 15 (36) | 20 (58) |
<2 weeks | 27 (31) | 19 (45) | 8 (24) |
≥2 weeks | 14 (16) | 8 (19) | 6 (18) |
Death and disability | |||
Died | 8 (9) | 5 (11) | 3 (8) |
Alive without disability | 26 (30) | 14 (30) | 12 (31) |
Alive with disability | 52 (60) | 28 (59) | 24 (61) |
Needs assistance with self-care | 46 (53) | 26 (93) | 20 (83) |
Unable to walk out of house | 22 (26) | 13 (46) | 9 (38) |
Deafness | 19 (22) | 10 (36) | 9 (25) |
Chronic pain | 17 (20) | 11 (39) | 6 (25) |
Suffers social stigma | 50 (58) | 32 (100) | 18 (75) |
Anxiety, emotional changes | 17 (20) | 10 (36) | 7 (29) |
Emotional changes preventing activity | 13 (15) | 6 (21) | 7 (29) |
Total | 86 | 47 | 39 |
SCI, spinal cord injury; TBI, traumatic brain injury.