Awareness and Practice on Road Safety among Adults in Selected Area of Jalandhar Cantt, Punjab

Abstract

It has been estimated that one million death and 15 million road side accident occur on the road worldwide. Globally road side accidents are the 7th leading cause of death in all age groups. In India we have 1% of the world vehicle population, but 6% of the world accidents 1. The aim of the study is to assess the awareness and practice on road safety among adults in in selected area of Jalandhar Cantt, Punjab. A total of 108 samples were selected for the study and samples were the adults with in the age group of 18-60 years. The major findings of the study were as follows: The study analysis showed that majority (69%) of the samples were males and 60% belonged to the group of 18-30 years of age. 15% of samples were drivers by profession, 63.8% had a valid driving license. Majority of samples, (83.2%) had good awareness on road safety and 94% of samples had good practice on pedestrian road safety. The study showed that there was a low positive and significant correlation between awareness and practice among pedestrians (n=400) as the p value is .001 and spearman’s rho value is 0.269. And there was a low and significant correlation between awareness and practice of drivers the p value is .001 and spearman’s rho value for 0.322.