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Compliance of Proper Safety Helmet Usage in Motorcyclists

Kulanthayan, S., and Radin Umar R.S., and Ahmad Hariza H., and Mohd Nasir M.T., and Harwant, S., (2000) Compliance of Proper Safety Helmet Usage in Motorcyclists. Medical Journal of Malaysia, 55 (1). pp. 40-44. ISSN 0300-5283

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Universiti Putra Malaysia. Faculty of Engineering.Road Safety Research Centre
Universiti Putra Malaysia. Faculty of Engineering.Road Safety Research Centre
Universiti Putra Malaysia. Faculty of Ecology.
Universiti Putra Malaysia. Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
Hospital Kuala Lumpur. Institute of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Abstract

Motorcyclists make up the largest group of fatalities on Malaysian roads, majority succumbing to head injuries despite the compulsory safety helmet laws in the country. One possible reason for this high fatality is improper usage of safety helmets. This study examines the compliance of proper safety helmet used in motorcyclists in a typical Malaysian town. Five hundred motorcyclists were studied. Only 54.4% of motorcyclists used helmets properly, 21.4% used them improperly; and 24.2% did not wear helmets. Six variables were found to be significant in improper safety helmet use. They were age, gender, race, formal education level, prior accident experience and type of license held. Marital status and riding experience were not significant. Efforts promoting proper use of safety helmets should focus on the young, male, less formally educated, unlicensed rider, who has had a prior accident.

Item Type:Journal
Keywords:Motorcyclists, Crash helmets compliance
Subjects:R Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing
ID Code:7978

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