Prevalence of nonuse of helmet and seat belt and distracted driving on national highway in Pakistan

Journal of Injury and Violence Research Pub Date : 2019-09-23 DOI:10.5249/jivr.v11i2.1295

A. Khoso

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Background: Pakistan is a developing country with high number of road traffic injuries. High magnitude of road traffic injuries highlights deficiencies in road traffic laws which are not at par with current safety requirements resultantly fail to address important risk factors such as distracted driving, non-use of seat belt and helmet. Purpose: - To assess effect of deficient traffic laws related of distracted driving, seat belt and helmet usage in term of estimate prevalence of different types of distractions and use of helmet by motorcycle riders and pillion riders and seat belts by the drivers and the passengers on National Highway in Pakistan that can lead to road crashes and increasing the injuries. Methods: Roadside survey was carried on N-5 National Highway to estimate number of distracted drivers, use of helmet by riders and pillion riders and use of seat belt by drivers and passengers. Results: Three types of distraction were observed i.e. Mobile Phone distraction (24%); Equipment related distraction (1%) and eating related distraction (1%) amounting to 29% of drivers distracted ;car drivers (29%), other vehicle drivers (6%), motorcyclists (3%) and trailer drivers (3%). Likewise; 64% drivers were found without seat belt, LTV drivers (85%), car drivers (74%) and truck drivers (69%). Similarly; 97% passengers were found without seat belt, LTV passengers (100%), truck passenger (99%), cars passenger (97%), Oil tanker and trailer passenger (90%). Helmet violation was high with 87.4% motorcycle riders and 100% pillion riders were found without helmet. Conclusion: Lack of enforcement due to deficient traffic laws result in RTIs in Pakistan. There is need to improve legislation on different forms of distractions, use of seat belt among passengers and helmet use by pillion riders; so that enforcement efforts can be made to address risk factors effectively to meet Decade of Action 2011-2020 targets.

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巴基斯坦国道上不戴头盔和安全带以及分心驾驶的流行率

背景：巴基斯坦是一个发展中国家，道路交通伤害人数众多。严重的道路交通伤害凸显了道路交通法的缺陷，这些缺陷与当前的安全要求不符，从而未能解决分心驾驶、不使用安全带和头盔等重要风险因素。目的：-评估与分心驾驶、安全带和头盔使用相关的交通法规不足的影响，评估不同类型分心的发生率，摩托车骑手和后座骑手使用头盔以及巴基斯坦国道上驾驶员和乘客使用安全带的情况，这些情况可能导致道路碰撞并增加伤害。方法：在N-5国道上进行路边调查，估计分心驾驶员的数量、驾驶员和后座乘客使用头盔的情况以及驾驶员和乘客使用安全带的情况。结果：观察到三种类型的分心，即手机分心（24%）；与设备相关的分心（1%）和与饮食相关的分心占驾驶员分心的29%；汽车司机（29%）、其他车辆司机（6%）、摩托车手（3%）和拖车司机（3%）。同样地64%的司机没有系安全带，LTV司机（85%），汽车司机（74%）和卡车司机（69%）。类似地；97%的乘客未系安全带，LTV乘客（100%），卡车乘客（99%），轿车乘客（97%），油罐车和拖车乘客（90%）。头盔违规率很高，87.4%的摩托车骑手和100%的后座骑手未戴头盔。结论：由于缺乏交通法而缺乏执法，导致了巴基斯坦的RTI。需要改进关于不同形式的分心、乘客使用安全带和后座乘客使用头盔的立法；以便能够作出执法努力，有效应对风险因素，以实现2011-2020年行动十年的目标。

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Injury and Violence Research (JIVR) is a peer-reviewed open-access medical journal covering all aspects of traumatology includes quantitative and qualitative studies in the field of clinical and basic sciences about trauma, burns, drowning, falls, occupational/road/ sport safety, youth violence, child/elder abuse, child/elder injuries, intimate partner abuse/sexual violence, self-harm, suicide, patient safety, safe communities, consumer safety, disaster management, terrorism, surveillance/burden of injury and all other intentional and unintentional injuries.