The impact of perceived safety, weather condition and convenience on motorcycle helmet use: The mediating role of traffic law enforcement and road safety education

IF 3.2 Q3 TRANSPORTATION

IATSS Research Pub Date : 2023-07-01 DOI:10.1016/j.iatssr.2023.03.001

Raymond Akuh , Martin Donani , Stephen Okyere , Emmanuel Kojo Gyamfi

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Abstract

Despite numerous studies on motorcycle safety, especially the compliance of helmet use laws in both developed and developing countries across the globe, little is known about the mediating role of traffic law enforcement and road safety education specifically on the relationship between helmet use influencing factors and helmet usage in general. The aim of this study was to examine the mediating role of traffic law enforcement and road safety education on the relationship between helmet usage influencing factors and motorcycle helmet usage. A total of 358 respondents from a university community that uses a motorcycle on daily bases to and from the community and for other important trip purposes completed a self-reported questionnaire in the Upper West Region of Ghana where motorcycles are predominantly used as a transportation mode. To test for the various hypotheses of this study, we developed a hypothesized single multiple mediated structural equation model and several sub-mediated models using AMOS 26.0. The results showed that the perceived safety of the helmet, weather conditions, and convenience of helmet use have positive significant impacts on helmet use. The study also found a full mediation role of the combined effect of traffic law enforcement and road safety education on the relationship of helmet use influencing factors investigated and helmet use. The study concludes that new traffic law enforcement and road safety education strategies need to be adopted to help improve upon the low prevalence of helmet use within the study area.

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感知安全、天气条件和便利性对摩托车头盔使用的影响：交通执法和道路安全教育的中介作用

尽管全球发达国家和发展中国家对摩托车安全，特别是头盔使用法律的遵守情况进行了大量研究，但对于交通执法和道路安全教育的中介作用，特别是头盔使用影响因素与总体头盔使用之间的关系，我们知之甚少。本研究旨在探讨交通执法和道路安全教育在头盔使用影响因素与摩托车头盔使用关系中的中介作用。来自加纳上西部地区的一个大学社区的358名受访者完成了一份自我报告的调查问卷，该社区每天使用摩托车往返于社区和其他重要的旅行目的，摩托车主要被用作交通方式。为了检验本研究的各种假设，我们使用AMOS 26.0建立了一个假设的单多重中介结构方程模型和几个亚中介模型。结果表明，头盔感知安全性、天气条件和头盔使用便利性对头盔使用有显著的正向影响。研究还发现，交通执法与道路安全教育的综合效应对被调查影响因素与头盔使用的关系具有充分的中介作用。该研究的结论是，需要采取新的交通执法和道路安全教育战略，以帮助改善研究区域内头盔使用率低的问题。

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IATSS Research TRANSPORTATION-

CiteScore

6.40

自引率

6.20%

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审稿时长

42 weeks

期刊介绍： First published in 1977 as an international journal sponsored by the International Association of Traffic and Safety Sciences, IATSS Research has contributed to the dissemination of interdisciplinary wisdom on ideal mobility, particularly in Asia. IATSS Research is an international refereed journal providing a platform for the exchange of scientific findings on transportation and safety across a wide range of academic fields, with particular emphasis on the links between scientific findings and practice in society and cultural contexts. IATSS Research welcomes submission of original research articles and reviews that satisfy the following conditions: 1.Relevant to transportation and safety, and the multiple impacts of transportation systems on security, human health, and the environment. 2.Contains important policy and practical implications based on scientific evidence in the applicable academic field. In addition to welcoming general submissions, IATSS Research occasionally plans and publishes special feature sections and special issues composed of invited articles addressing specific topics.