A Survey on Awareness of Traffic Safety among Drivers in Delhi, India

Chakrabarty, Neelima; Gupta, Kamini; Bhatnagar, Ankit

doi:10.9756/sijifbm/v7i4/0102640201

Cited by 12 publications

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“…A study by Chakrabarty et al in Delhi 2013 among 102 car drivers showed that maximum level of awareness about road sign of driving was 89%, the safe way of stopping during emergency was 40%, safe place of parking the vehicle was 39%, road marking 27%, overall driver had shown average and above average level awareness 52 to 77%. 12 On the contrary, in this study correct knowledge about parking sign was found among 83.1% and adequate knowledge about traffic sign was found among 79.8% of participants.…”

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How aware are our truck drivers regarding prevention of road traffic accidents? A cross-sectional study in Dankuni area, Hooghly

Das

Dasgupta

Naskar

et al. 2020

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: Road traffic accidents are an emerging global health problem. It is projected that road traffic injuries will move up to the third by the year 2020 among leading causes of the global disease burden.Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 248 truck drivers in Dunkuni area Hooghly for a period of 2 years from August 2017 to July 2018. By simple random sampling 248 truck drivers were selected from 641 registered drivers of the two-truck driver’s association. Ethical clearance was obtained from the Institutional Ethics committee of AIIH and PH, Kolkata. After getting informed written consent for participation, the pre-designed pre-tested schedule was filled up. Data was analysed using SPSS16 version and bivariate analysis was done. For knowledge score (12 items), each item of positive response was scored as +2 and for negative response +1. Stress among truck drivers was assessed using perceived stress scale.Results: Mean age of the participants was 37 years. 24.2% participants studied up to secondary school and 134 (54%) belonged to class IV. 21.0% had history of alcohol addiction, 80.6% had high stress. Adequate knowledge of traffic sign was observed among 79.8% participants and overall adequate knowledge was found among 135 (54.4%) participants.Conclusions: Regular behavioural change communication sessions and intermittent sessions on safe-driving methods among truckers may prove beneficial in preventing road traffic accidents.

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confidence: 70%

How aware are our truck drivers regarding prevention of road traffic accidents? A cross-sectional study in Dankuni area, Hooghly

Das

Dasgupta

Naskar

et al. 2020

Int J Community Med Public Health

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“…Based on the results obtained, increasing awareness of traffic rules and traffic safety could improve the practice of road safety, and this could be provided in schools and universities, households, and workplaces. This mainly involves the civilized values of society [28]. Educational awareness initiatives could reduce the engagement of motorcyclists' personal riding behavior, such as frequently changing lane to overtake the vehicle in front (estimate value = 0.456), exceeding speed limit even feeling unsafe (estimate value = 0.434), and riding fast on curve (estimate value = 0.406).…”

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confidence: 99%

Assessing Significant Factors Affecting Risky Riding Behaviors of Motorcyclists

Goh

Leong

Cheah³

2020

Applied Sciences

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This study was conducted in Malaysia, where motorcycle traffic accidents represent a high percentage of fatality among overall traffic accidents. Studies have shown that risk perception and positive outcome of risky riding behavior have a significant impact on a rider’s decision making. Therefore, this study is targeted at further understanding of Malaysian motorcyclists within the locality of their home country. A questionnaire survey was conducted to gather motorcycle rider’s information, together with their perception of the three factors mentioned above. A reliability test of the findings was analyzed using Cronbach’s Alpha, while a PCA analysis was conducted to determine the linear combinations that have maximum variance. Subsequently, a statistical model was constructed based on the latent variables’ relations, the relation between the latent variables and observed variables, and also the hypothesis model. The model confirms that the positive affect of the risky behavior has a significant positive relationship with motorcyclists’ risk behavior (estimate coefficient = 1.016). Findings in the model also show that older motorcyclists are less likely to take part in risky riding behavior while riding on the road, with an estimate coefficient of −0.037 and a negative relationship with positive affect (estimate coefficient = −0.032).

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“…Physical factors in general play a role, being differentiated by the individual, such as gender [ 21 ], age, attitude, and accident experience [ 22 ]. These factors produce different driving behaviors in drivers, each of which has its risks of causing road accidents, which affect the estimation of the value of individual safety being differentiated by various basic factors of each person [ 14 , 17 , 23 ]. This study does not focus on obtaining a list of factors causing accidents.…”

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confidence: 99%

Factors influencing willingness to pay for accident risk reduction among personal car drivers in Thailand

2021

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Thailand ranks near the top for the road accident fatality rate worldwide, and more and more vehicles are being registered in Thailand every year. Obtaining the opinions of road commuters may help us reduce road accidents in Thailand. This study seeks to understand damage value in road accidents for personal car drivers in Thailand, using the willingness to pay approach and establishing factors affecting willingness to pay with the theory of planned behavior (TPB). This study obtained data using questionnaires in face-to-face interviews with 1,650 personal cars drivers in Thailand. The average willingness to pay (WTP) for 50% fatality or injury reduction was 23.00 baht/person/50 km trip (US $0.74/person/50 km trip). We obtained the value of statistical life (VSL), assessing this to fall between US $815,385 and US $872,942, and the value of statistical injury (VSI), between US $150,059 and US $160,652. Overall, national damage was assessed at US $4,701,981,170 annually. According to the analysis of factors affecting WTP, TPB comprises four factors, namely, driver attitude, subjective norm, perceived behavioral control, and behavioral intention. Analysis using structural equation modeling (SEM) found all mentioned factors were relevant and positively influenced personal car drivers’ WTP in Thailand, with a statistical significance at a 99% confidence interval (p < 0.01). This study can develop recommendations for relevant organizations to analyze the results as part of considerations regarding budget allocation and developments on road safety policy due to driver attitude as important as environmental factors or any other factors.

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A Survey on Awareness of Traffic Safety among Drivers in Delhi, India

Cited by 12 publications

References 4 publications

How aware are our truck drivers regarding prevention of road traffic accidents? A cross-sectional study in Dankuni area, Hooghly

How aware are our truck drivers regarding prevention of road traffic accidents? A cross-sectional study in Dankuni area, Hooghly

Assessing Significant Factors Affecting Risky Riding Behaviors of Motorcyclists

Factors influencing willingness to pay for accident risk reduction among personal car drivers in Thailand

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