Table 3

The influence of speed humps on traffic injuries adjusting for other covariates

VariablesBeforeAfter
cOR (95% CI)aOR (95% CI)cOR (95% CI)aOR (95% CI)
Groups
 Control sites1111
 Intervention sites1.06 (0.73 to 1.55)1.35 (0.84 to 2.12)0.60* (0.41 to 0.90)0.23* (0.11 to 0.47)
Age group (years)
 1–15111
 16–302.57 (0.86 to 7.66)1.58 (0.44 to 5.73)1.39 (0.64 to 3.00)1.27 (0.40 to 4.05)
 31–452.63 (0.89 to 7.78)1.87 (0.52 to 6.74)1.61 (0.76 to 3.43)1.27 (0.40 to 4.09)
 45+2.93 (0.94 to 9.10)1.48 (0.38 to 5.78)2.67* (1.16 to 6.15)1.87 (0.54 to 6.48)
Road surface
 Dry111
 Wet0.58 (0.03 to 13.36)0.58 (0.24 to 1.38)0.05* (0.01 to 0.40)
Day
 Monday111
 Tuesday1.69 (0.85 to 3.34)1.14 (0.47 to 2.75)0.87 (0.36 to 2.12)0.62 (0.18 to 2.10)
 Wednesday2.22 (1.06 to 4.64)1.52 (0.57 to 4.04)0.63 (0.19 to 2.04)0.88 (0.17 to 4.47)
 Thursday1.88 (1.06 to 3.34)1.43 (0.68 to 3.01)1.47 (0.56 to 3.88)3.25 (0.62 to 17.04)
 Friday1.45 (0.63 to 3.36)3.62 (1.35 to 9.74)1.24 (053 to 2.92)0.56 (0.15 to 2.10)
 Saturday3.68 (1.86 to 7.26)3.99 (1.73 to 9.23)0.80 (0.33 to 1.93)0.20* (0.05 to 0.85)
 Sunday1.51 (0.86 to 2.66)0.86 (0.41 to 1.83)0.24* (0.10 to 0.59)0.06* (0.01 to 0.26)
Road width1.09 (0.95 to 1.24)1.09 (0.93 to 1.27)1.29* (1.11 to 1.49)1.23* (0.97 to 1.56)
Time of crash
 06:00–11:59111
 12:00–17:590.58 (0.34 to 0.996)0.50 (0.26 to 0.95)1.66* (0.97 to 2.83)1.21 (0.52 to 2.84)
 18:00–23:590.36 (0.21 to 0. 64)0.54 (0.20 to 1.43)1.10 (0.62 to 1.95)0.20* (0.04 to 0.86)
 00:00–05:590.18 (0.11 to 0.32)1.29 (0.68 to 2.44)0.18* (0.03 to 0.95)
Collision type
 Head on111
 Rear end1.93 (1.02 to 3.69)1.67 (0.77 to 3.63)1.22 (0.66 to 2.23)2.02 (0.70 to 5.79)
 Side swipe1.24 (0.67 to 2.30)2.45 (1.17 to 5.12)4.18* (1.55 to 11.22)28.12* (5.48 to 144.36)
 Run-off road1.49 (0.87 to 2.56)2.39 (1.24 to 4.61)2.78* (1.54 to 5.04)2.72* (1.04 to 7.10)
 Hit object1.11 (0.40 to 3.05)0.96 (0.28 to 3.30)2.08* (1.02 to 4.28)3.46 (0.71 to 16.76)
 Hit pedestrian0.40 (0.19 to 0.82)0.22 (0.09 to 0.55)0.27* (0.12 to 0.58)0.18* (0.05 to 0.64)
 Others0.81 (0.28 to 2.33)0.48 (0.15 to 1.52)2.44 (0.66 to 8.97)0.56 (0.07 to 4.32)
Light condition
 Day111
 Night no light0.34 (0.23 to 0.51)0.39 (0.15 to 1.02)0.64 (0.37 to 1.11)9.06* (1.79 to 45.97)
 Night light0.21 (0.09 to 0.49)0.15 (0.04 to 0.62)0.76 (0.48 to 1.18)5.71* (1.65 to 19.79)
  • *, Statistically significant; aOR, adjusted OR; CI, Confidence Interval; cOR, crude OR.