Abstract: Road traffic accident occurrence on road through out the word. Thousands of people lost their lives on the road every day most of the time road traffic death and injuries remain almost invisible to society at large. The two wheeler riding is significant cause of injuries to teenage group which is often associated with alcohol intoxication and drug abuse leads to risk taking behavior creating an awareness regarding the road safety and prevention of accident will reduce the morbidity and mortality related to accidents and save more lives. Descriptive survey approach was adopted to collect the data. The structured questionnaire and likert’s five point attitude scale was administered to randomly selected sample of hundred students from selected college of Faridabad. The major findings of study revealed that the overall mean percentage of the knowledge (71.52%) is higher than the mean percentage of the attitude (70.79%) regarding road safety measure and prevention of accidents. The co-relation found between the knowledge and attitude is +0.314: it is a positive co-relation between the knowledge and attitude of the respondent on the road safety measure and prevention of accident.
Keywords: Knowledge, Attitude, Road safety measures, two wheeler rider, college students.
Title: A study to assess the knowledge and attitude regarding road safety measures among college going two wheeler rider students of Faridabad
Author: Jyotsna Jacob, Rajeev
International Journal of Healthcare Sciences
ISSN 2348-5728 (Online)
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