Table 2 Details of variables

From: Exploring the injury severity of unlicensed powered two- and three-wheeler drivers in two-vehicle crashes in China

Variables (encoding)

Injury severity count of the unlicensed PTW driver

NS

SFI

Total

 

4192 (72.6%)

1585 (27.4%)

5777

1. PTW-related characteristics

1.1 PTW type (Categorical)

Motorcycle = 0

3649 (73.0%)

1350 (27.0%)

4999

Auto-rickshaw = 1

543 (69.8%)

235 (30.2%)

778

1.2 Unlicensed PTW driver gender (Categorical)

Male = 0

3832 (72.5%)

1450 (27.5%)

5282

Female = 1

360 (72.7%)

135 (27.3%)

495

1.3 Unlicensed PTW driver age (Continuous, from 15 to 83 years)

18–35

997 (78.7%)

270 (21.3%)

1267

36–53

1844 (73.9%)

650 (26.1%)

2494

54–70

1182 (67.9%)

559 (32.1%)

1741

>70

169 (61.5%)

106 (38.5%)

275

1.4 Unlicensed PTW driver employment status (Categorical)

Farmer = 0

2276 (72.2%)

875 (27.8%)

3151

Blue-collar = 1

226 (66.3%)

115 (33.7%)

341

White-collar = 2

234 (77.2%)

69 (22.8%)

303

Self-employed = 3

1456 (73.5%)

526 (26.5%)

1982

1.5 Driving behavior of unlicensed PTW driver (Categorical)

No abnormal behavior = 0

2166 (83.9%)

415 (16.1%)

2581

Drunk driving = 1

609 (36.8%)

1044 (63.2%)

1653

Fatigue driving = 2

168 (67.2%)

82 (32.8%)

250

Furious driving = 3

701 (98.3%)

12 (1.7%)

713

Distracted driving = 4

548 (94.5%)

32 (5.5%)

580

2. Crash partner (CP) driver (CPD)-related characteristics

2.1 CP type (Categorical)

Minibus = 0

2791 (80.5%)

674 (19.5%)

3465

Light truck = 1

333 (73.2%)

122 (26.8%)

455

Medium truck = 2

119 (61.3%)

75 (38.7%)

194

Large bus = 3

75 (63.6%)

43 (36.4%)

118

Heavy truck = 4

874 (56.6%)

671 (43.4%)

1545

2.2 CPD gender (Categorical)

Male = 0

3746 (71.3%)

1509 (28.7)

5255

Female = 1

446 (85.4%)

76 (14.6%)

522

2.3 CPD age (Continuous, from 18 to 73 years)

18–35

1686 (74.2%)

586 (25.8%)

2272

36–53

2227 (71.2%)

902 (28.8%)

3129

>54

279 (74.2%)

97 (25.8%)

376

3. Roadway and crash characteristics

3.1 Road functional class (Categorical)

National and provincial road = 0

1305 (66.1%)

668 (33.9%)

1973

Urban road = 1

2037 (79.4%)

529 (20.6%)

2566

Rural road = 2

850 (68.7%)

388 (31.3%)

1238

3.2 Road condition classification (Categorical)

Motorway = 0

3118 (73.5%)

1124 (26.5%)

4242

Non-motorway = 1

521 (71.9%)

204 (28.1%)

725

Mixed traffic lane = 2

553 (68.3%)

257 (31.7%)

810

3.3 Roadway alignment (Categorical)

Planar linear = 0

3487 (73.1%)

1281 (26.9%)

4768

Bend road or rampway = 1

705 (69.9%)

304 (30.1%)

1009

3.4 Crash position (Categorical)

Road section = 0

2632 (72.1%)

1019 (27.9%)

3651

Intersection with signal control = 1

828 (73.5%)

299 (26.5%)

1127

Intersection without signal control = 2

732 (73.3%)

267 (26.7%)

999

3.5 Physical separation of the road (Categorical)

Non-separation = 0

2984 (71.7%)

1177 (28.3%)

4161

Only central separation (type A) = 1

803 (70.1%)

342 (29.9%)

1145

Only motorway and non-motorway separation (type B) = 2

167 (84.8%)

30 (15.2%)

197

Type A and B = 3

238 (86.9%)

36 (13.1%)

274

3.6 Road surface condition (Categorical)

Dry = 0

3942 (72.9%)

1464 (27.1%)

5406

Surface gathered water = 1

250 (67.4%)

121 (32.6%)

371

3.7 Crash type (Categorical)

Head-on crash = 0

652 (75.0%)

217 (25.0%)

869

Rear-end crash = 1

539 (62.7%)

320 (37.3%)

859

Side impact = 2

2855 (74.5%)

978 (25.5%)

3833

Fender-bender = 3

146 (67.6%)

70 (32.4%)

216

4. Environment characteristics

4.1 Month (Categorical, from January = 1 to December = 12)

Spring

1121 (72.3%)

430 (27.7%)

1551

Summer

860 (73.4%)

312 (26.6%)

1172

Autumn

1105 (71.1%)

449 (28.9%)

1554

Winter

1106 (73.7%)

394 (26.3%)

1500

4.2 Week (Categorical, from Monday = 1 to Sunday = 7)

Weekday

3041 (73.2%)

1114 (26.8%)

4155

Weekend

1151 (71.0%)

471 (29.0%)

1622

4.3 Crash time (Categorical, from (0:00–1:00) = 0 to (23:00–24:00) = 23)

Day (9:00–16:59)

1793 (74.4%)

617 (25.6%)

2410

Peak (7:00–8:59); (17:00–19:59)

1259 (74.7%)

427 (25.3%)

1686

Night (20:00–6:59)

1140 (67.8%)

541 (32.2%)

1681

4.4 Weather (Categorical)

Clear = 0

3693 (73.1%)

1362 (26.9%)

5055

Fog = 1

297 (70.0%)

127 (30.0%)

424

Rain and snow = 2

202 (67.8%)

96 (32.2%)

298

4.5 Visibility (Categorical)

Over 200 m = 0

2435 (75.2%)

802 (24.8%)

3237

100–200 m = 1

620 (75.9%)

197 (24.1%)

817

50–100 m = 2

609 (66.0%)

314 (34.0%)

923

Below 50 m = 3

528 (66.0%)

272 (34.0%)

800

4.6 Lighting condition (Categorical)

Daylight = 0

2717 (74.2%)

944 (25.8%)

3661

Dusk and dawn = 1

200 (66.2%)

102 (33.8%)

302

Dark with street lamp = 2

660 (76.1%)

207 (23.9%)

867

Dark without street lamp = 3

615 (64.9%)

332 (35.1%)

947