Table 4

Traffic-related deaths

Activity when injuredMotorcycle n=629
(ICD-10 code:
V20-29)
(74%)
Pedestrian n=123
(ICD-10 code:
V01-09) (14%)
Push bike n=80
(ICD-10 code:
V10-19)
(9%)
Car n=21
(ICD-10 code:
V40-49)
(2%)
Total n=853
(100%)
Gender (n=853)
 Male537 (81)66 (10)39 (6)17 (3)659 (100)
 Female92 (47)57 (29)41 (21)4 (2)194 (100)
Age (n=799)
 60+ years58 (47)43 (35)21 (17)1 (1)123 (100)
 35–59 years213 (84)54 (21)36 (14)4 (2)253 (100)
 15–34 years347 (87)19 (5)16 (4)15 (4)397 (100)
 5–14 years8 (40)5 (25)6 (30)1 (5)20 (100)
 Under 5 years2 (33)2 (33)1 (17)0 (0)6 (100)
 28 days and under0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)0 (100)
Location of death (n=853)
 Prehospital18 (67)5 (19)2 (7)2 (7)27 (100)
 In hospital15 (65)3 (13)3 (13)2 (9)23 (100)
 Postdischarge596 (74)115 (14)75 (9)17 (2)803 (100)
Department (n=852)
 Emergency458 (72)105 (16)60 (9)16 (3)639 (100)
 Intensive care79 (73)12 (11)13 (12)4 (4)108 (100)
 Neurosurgery77 (81)6 (6)6 (6)6 (6)95 (100)
 Recovery room4 (80)0 (0)1 (20)0 (0)5 (100)
 Theatre5 (100)0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)5 (100)
Immediate cause of death (n=853)
 Traumatic cerebral oedema (S06.1)310 (79)62 (16)53 (13)7 (2)432 (100)
 Brain compression (G93.5)178 (95)33 (18)19 (10)9 (5)239 (100)
 Cerebral oedema (G93.6)4 (80)1 (20)0 (0)0 (0)5 (100)
 Intracranial haemorrhage (I62.9)16 (89)2 (11)0 (0)0 (0)18 (100)
 Other and unspecified injuries of head (S09)26 (76)5 (15)2 (6)1 (3)34 (100)
 Septic shock (R57.2)7 (64)4 (36)0 (0)0 (0)11 (100)
 Respiratory failure, unspecified (J96.9)4 (67)2 (33)0 (0)0 (0)6 (100)
 Deaths from other causes (NA)4410146 (100)
 Hypovolemic shock (R57.1)35 (61)13 (23)6 (11)3 (5)57 (100)
 Postprocedural respiratory disorders, not elsewhere classified (J95)5 (100)0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)5 (100)
  • ICD-10, International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems 10th Revision.