Table 3 Chi-squared analysis of the relationship between drivers’ behaviors during driving and one-year period prevalence of road traffic crashes among university students in Kuwait, December 2016 (N = 1465)
Driver’s behavior’s during drivingb | Distribution of number of road traffic crashesa | P-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
None (n = 899, 61.4%) | One (n = 338, 23.1% | Twice (n = 160; 10.9%) | Thrice or more (n = 68; 4.6%) | ||
n (%)a | n (%)a | n (%)a | n (%)a | ||
Age (years) at first started driving (< 18/ ≥ 18) | 0.219 | ||||
≥ 18 | 707 (60.8) | 276 (23.7) | 129 (11.1) | 51 (4.4) | |
< 18 | 175 (60.6) | 62 (21.5) | 31 (10.7) | 21 (7.3) | |
Ever speed over limit for the road (y/n) | < 0.001 | ||||
Yes | 373 (54.9) | 161 (23.7) | 100 (14.7) | 46 (6.8) | |
No | 506 (65.9) | 176 (22.9) | 60 (7.8) | 26 (3.4) | |
Use phone when driving (y/n) | 0.005 | ||||
Yes | 461 (56.8) | 200 (24.7) | 103 (12.7) | 47 (5.8) | |
No | 417 (65.5) | 138 (21.7) | 57 (9.0) | 25 (3.9) | |
Regularly wear seatbelt while driving (y/n) | < 0.001 | ||||
Yes | 606 (64.3) | 200 (21.2) | 103 (10.9) | 34 (3.6) | |
No | 275 (54.2) | 138 (27.2) | 57 (11.2) | 37 (7.3) | |
Eat/drink while driving (y/n) | 0.003 | ||||
Yes | 519 (57.4) | 221 (24.4) | 116 (12.8) | 49 (5.4) | |
No | 362 (66.4) | 116 (21.3) | 44 (8.1) | 23 (4.2) | |
Smoking while driving (y/n) | 0.052 | ||||
Yes | 80 (51.0) | 47 (29.9) | 19 (12.1) | 11 (7.0) | |
No | 800 (61.9) | 291 (22.5) | 141 (10.9) | 61 (4.7) | |
Habitually crossed a red light (y/n) | < 0.001 | ||||
Yes | 273 (51.2) | 139 (26.1) | 77 (14.5) | 44 (8.3) | |
No | 605 (66.1) | 199 (21.8) | 83 (9.1) | 28 (3.1) | |
Drive on emergency lane (y/n) | 0.005 | ||||
Yes | 304 (56.3) | 135 (25.0) | 62 (11.5) | 39 (7.2) | |
No | 576 (63.3) | 203 (22.3) | 98 (10.8) | 33 (3.6) | |
Speeding tickets during the past 1-year | < 0.001 | ||||
None | 422 (65.0) | 151 (23.3) | 55 (8.5) | 21 (3.2) | |
One | 210 (57.9) | 85 (23.4) | 41 (11.3) | 27 (7.4) | |
Two | 183 (62.2) | 68 (23.1) | 31 (10.5) | 12 (4.1) | |
Three or more | 65 (45.5) | 34 (23.8) | 33 (23.1) | 11 (7.7) | |
Parking tickets in the past 1-year | < 0.001** | ||||
None | 441 (84.6) | 54 (10.4) | 20 (3.8) | 6 (1.2) | |
One | 130 (30.4) | 179 (41.9) | 80 (18.7) | 38 (8.9) | |
Two | 77 (65.8) | 67 (33.0) | 43 (21.2) | 16 (7.9) | |
Three or more | 109 (42.6) | 92 (35.9) | 37 (14.5) | 18 (7.0) | |
Parked in the no parking zone | 0.006** | ||||
None | 174 (68.5) | 54 (21.3) | 20 (7.9) | 6 (2.4) | |
1–5 | 474 (61.5) | 179 (23.2) | 80 (10.4) | 38 (4.9) | |
6–10 | 166 (56.8) | 67 (23.0) | 43 (14.7) | 16 (5.5) | |
More than 10 | 65 (49.2) | 38 (28.8) | 17 (12.9) | 12 (9.1) | |
Average hours of sleep every night | 0.582** | ||||
5 or less | 176 (62.2) | 54 (19.1) | 35 (12.4) | 18 (6.3) | |
6–8 | 533 (60.5) | 209 (23.7) | 97 (11.0) | 42 (4.8) | |
8–10 | 136 (61.0) | 56 (25.1) | 23 (10.3) | 8 (3.6) | |
More than 10 | 37 (56.9) | 18 (27.7) | 5 (7.7) | 5 (7.7) | |
Being a patient with epilepsy | |||||
No | 723 (62.1) | 267 (22.9) | 127 (10.9) | 48 (4.1) | 0.015*** |
Yes | 3 (23.1) | 5 (38.5) | 2 (15.4) | 3 (23.1) | |