Table 2

Number of crash events by gender. DRIVE cohort, NSW, Australia, 2003–2016

VariableCategoryWomenMen
Highest SES (n=2683)Second quartile (n=2846)Third quartile (n=2983)Lowest SES (n=2845)Total (n=11 357)Highest SES (n=2452)Second quartile (n=2290)Third quartile (n=2470)Lowest SES (n=2237)Total (n=9449)
n (%)n (%)n (%)n (%)n (%)n (%)n (%)n (%)n (%)n (%)
Any crashNone2223 (82.9)2315 (81.3)2422 (81.2)2272 (79.9)9232 (81.3)1916 (78.2)1781 (77.8)1922 (77.8)1706 (76.3)7325 (77.5)
1402 (15.0)462 (16.2)488 (16.4)500 (17.6)1852 (16.3)447 (18.2)426 (18.6)437 (17.7)434 (19.4)1744 (18.5)
2 or more58 (2.2)69 (2.4)73 (2.4)73 (2.6)273 (2.4)89 (3.6)83 (3.6)111 (4.5)97 (4.3)380 (4.0)
Crash-related hospital admission or deathNone2662 (99.2)2818 (99.02942 (98.6)2793 (98.2)11 215 (98.7)2437 (99.4)2268 (99.0)2447 (99.1)2212 (98.9)9364 (99.1)
1 or more21 (0.8)28 (1.0)41 (1.4)52 (1.8)142 (1.3)15 (0.6)22 (1.0)23 (0.9)25 (1.1)85 (0.9)
Crash in countryNone2653 (98.9)2720 (95.6)2781 (93.2)2631 (92.5)10 785 (95.0)2393 (97.6)2167 (94.6)2267 (91.8)2036 (91.0)8863 (93.8)
1 or more30 (1.1)126 (4.4)202 (6.8)214 (7.5)572 (5.0)59 (2.4)123 (5.4)203 (8.2)201 (8.9)586 (6.2)
Single-vehicle crashNone2656 (99.0)2812 (98.8)2918 (97.8)2758 (96.9)11 144 (98.1)2363 (96.4)2214 (96.7)2377 (96.2)2127 (95.1)9081 (96.1)
1 or more27 (1.0)34 (1.2)65 (2.2)87 (3.1)213 (1.9)89 (3.6)76 (3.3)93 (3.8)110 (4.9)368 (3.9)
Crash in ≥80 km/hour zoneNone2622 (97.7)2750 (96.6)2833 (95.0)2687 (94.4)10 892 (95.9)2381 (97.1)2178 (95.1)2325 (94.1)2083 (93.1)8967 (94.9)
1 or more61 (2.3)96 (3.4)150 (5.0)158 (5.6)465 (4.1)71 (2.9)112 (4.9)145 (5.9)154 (6.8)482 (5.1)
Crash in wetNone2581 (96.2)2729 (95.9)2863 (96.0)2715 (95.4)10 888 (95.9)2324 (94.8)2169 (94.7)2320 (93.9)2113 (94.5)8926 (94.5)
1 or more102 (3.8)117 (4.1)120 (4.0)130 (4.6)469 (4.1)128 (5.2)121 (5.3)150 (6.1)124 (5.5)523 (5.5)
Crash in darkNone2553 (95.2)2708 (95.2)2844 (95.3)2716 (95.5)10 821 (95.3)2248 (91.7)2115 (92.4)2287 (92.6)2081 (93.0)8731 (92.4)
1 or more130 (4.8)138 (4.8)139 (4.7)129 (4.5)536 (4.7)204 (8.3)175 (7.6)183 (7.4)156 (7.0)718 (7.6)
  • NSW, New South Wales; SES, socioeconomic status.