Abstract
Pedestrians are the most vulnerable road users in low- and middle-income countries, hence understanding their attitudes towards traffic safety and the pedestrian behaviours associated with those attitudes is vital. The current study identifies the factor structure of a self-report questionnaire on pedestrian behaviours and road safety attitudes and explores the relationships between them. It also assesses demographic effects. A total of 532 people were surveyed. The questionnaire sections related to attitudes and behaviours were developed for use in different, largely high-income settings, hence their suitability for use in the low-income setting of Bangladesh was first assessed using Principal Component Analysis (PCA). A structural equation model was then developed to examine the relationships between attitudes and pedestrian behaviours. It was found that positive attitudes towards traffic safety were associated with safer pedestrian behaviours, and that males, younger respondents, and less educated respondents reported performing riskier behaviours and holding more dangerous attitudes to road safety. Results are discussed in terms of the factors likely to influence such behaviours, as well as a discussion on the need for validation of the research tools which have been developed in high-income settings for low-income settings.
Highlights
Road safety is a multifaceted, complex problem comprising various factors [1]
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The present study aimed to explore the dimensions underlying attitudes towards traffic safety and self-reported pedestrian behaviours in Bangladesh, and to assess their interrelationships while evaluating the effects of age, gender, and education on those constructs
Summary
Road safety is a multifaceted, complex problem comprising various factors [1]. The vulnerable road user groups [2] Among those groups, pedestrians are the most vulnerable and are over-represented in casualty statistics, especially in low- and middleincome countries (LMICs). Increased concern about pedestrian fatalities can be observed all over the world, especially in LMICs [4,5,6], building an understanding of pedestrian behaviour in low- and middle-income settings is a necessary precursor to any successful national or global road safety strategy [7]. In order to combat this issue, we need to understand the underlying factors influencing pedestrian behaviours and attitudes towards road safety [4,7,8,9,10].
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