Table 5

Number (%) of non-fatal serious injury cases (nature of injury based definition) by sex, age, and road user group

AdmissionsLinkedχ2dfp Value
Male 706 (65)411 (65)0.0
Female 373 (35)218 (35)0.0
1079 (100) 629 (100) 0.0 1 ns
Age (years)
0–15 204 (19) 93 (15)5.7
    16–24 205 (19)127 (20)0.5
    25–34 176 (16)111 (18)0.7
    35–64 308 (29)181 (29)0.0
    65–74 74 (7) 47 (7)0.3
    ≥75 112 (10) 70 (11)0.3
1079 (100) 629 (100) 7.5 5 ns
Pedestrian (age)
    0–4 9 (1) 7 (1)0.6
    5–9 24 (2) 15 (2)0.1
    10–15 40 (4) 37 (6)8.1
    16–59 106 (10) 72 (11)1.7
    60–74 43 (4) 37 (6)5.7
    ≥75 56 (5) 42 (7)2.7
Cyclist (age)
    <16 108 (10) 19 (3)30.6
    ≥16 154 (14) 55 (9)13.4
Motorcycle rider 134 (12) 99 (16)5.6
Motorcycle passenger 46 (4) 27 (4)0.0
Driver (age)
    17–24 48 (4) 32 (5)0.6
    25–59 117 (11) 72 (11)0.2
    60–74 24 (2) 15 (2)0.1
    ≥75 24 (2) 17 (3)0.7
Passenger (>2 wheel) 144 (13) 81 (13) 0.1
1077 (100) 627 (100) 70.2 14 <0.001