Abstract
The increased number of road accidents, leading to deaths and serious injuries is a social problem facing most of the world countries, which can affect the sustainable development of a society. This has economic implications, because it impacts the increase of expenditure on hospitalization and the recovery costs of those injured. The current article is based on a quantitative research, coordinated by the authors, conducted among traffic participants from Romania. The major objective of the study was to quantify the main aspects of seatbelt wearing behavior. The research was carried out at national level and used a systematic probabilistic sampling. The sample contains 4346 subjects, of which 3120 were from the automobile section, representing the topic of this article, and being representative of the Romanian adult population. The main research results showed that the percentage of women always wearing seatbelts (76.4%) is higher than the percentage of men (69.9%). Additionally, the highest percentage of people always wearing seatbelts is found at the age group over 55 years (85.2%). The percentage decreases with age—the age group 18–25 are the least likely to wear seatbelts.
Highlights
Sustainability is a duty that concerns organizations and political entities
It was highlighted that drivers’ behavior in Romania regarding seatbelt wearing depends on gender and age, resulting that this behavior largely falls in the general behavior of drivers all over the world, as shown in different studies [26,30,37]
It can be concluded that young male drivers have the tendency not to wear the seatbelt when driving the vehicle and that their passengers do not use the seatbelt to a large extent
Summary
Sustainability is a duty that concerns organizations and political entities. Sustainability practices are related to lower expenditures and focuses on constructing a community in which an appropriate equilibrium is brought about between economic, social, and ecological targets [1]. Road safety is considered a major issue of public health, both at a global level, and in Romania. Both in Romania and the EU, road transport has the largest share of transportation types. It consumes the greatest amount of energy, surpassing air, rail or inland waterway transport by far [3]. The social and economic implications of road safety can affect the sustainable development of countries. The convenience of the automobile has implications for highway safety outcomes and public policy. Highway traffic accidents cause internal costs, directly (e.g., loss of lives and property damage,) and external costs, indirectly, (e.g., travel time delay, energy consuming, and air pollution emission) [5]
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