Occupants’ seatbelt use are related to vehicle type and usage on a Ghanaian university campus

Seat belt use does not only save lives but prevents the severity of injuries in road traffic crashes (RTCs). Vehicle type and usage have been found to influence the use of seat belt in cities like Kumasi, the host of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) campus. This paper presents a study on an un-obstructive survey of seat belt use by vehicle occupants entering and leaving KNUST campus through the four entrances from 7 to 9 am and 3 to 5 pm on five weekdays. A total of 5489 vehicles with 9542 occupants comprising 5489 drivers, front-right and first back seat and second back seat passengers were observed. The majority of the private and SUV drivers used seat belts. Meanwhile, almost all the commercial drivers did not use seat belts. There is a statistically significant relationship between vehicle type and use and the use of seat belt in KNUST.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1080/17457300.2018.1515230
• Record URL:
  • https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17457300.2018.1515230?journalCode=nics20
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  • © 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Abstract reprinted with permission of Taylor & Francis.
• Authors:
  • Ojo, Thomas K.
  • Agyemang, William
• Publication Date: 2019-4

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 145-150
• Serial:
  • International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion
  • Volume: 26
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis
  • ISSN: 1745-7300
  • EISSN: 1745-7319
  • Serial URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/nics20

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Campuses; Commercial vehicles; Motor vehicles; Private passenger vehicles; Seat belt use; Sport utility vehicles; Surveys; Universities and colleges; Vehicle occupants
• Geographic Terms: Kumasi (Ghana)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01705034
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 21 2019 11:06AM