TY - JOUR
T1 - Rear-seat seatbelt use in urban Southeast Asia
T2 - results from Bandung and Bangkok
AU - Sutanto, Edward
AU - Zia, Nukhba
AU - Taber, Niloufer
AU - Rinawan, Fedri Ruluwedrata
AU - Amelia, Indah
AU - Jiwattanakulpaisarn, Piyapong
AU - Bachani, Abdulgafoor M.
N1 - Funding Information:
The funding support for this study was provided by Bloomberg Philanthropies Initiative for Global Road Safety.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Road traffic injuries (RTIs) remain a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in Southeast Asia. We aim to estimate the prevalence and predictors of rear seatbelt use, a key behavioural risk factor for RTI, in Bandung and Bangkok, two cities in Southeast Asia. Roadside observational studies were conducted to provide a representative picture of the prevalence in each city. From eight rounds of observations (July 2015 to April 2019), 39,479 and 7,207 rear-seat passengers were observed in Bandung and Bangkok. Across all rounds, 4.2% of rear-seat passengers used seatbelts in Bandung, compared to 8.4% in Bangkok. In both cities, males and adults, as compared to females and adolescents (aged 12-17 years), had higher odds of rear seatbelt use, as did passengers with a restrained driver. Findings highlight the need for rear seatbelt laws in Bandung and improved enforcement of existing rear seatbelt laws in Bangkok.
AB - Road traffic injuries (RTIs) remain a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in Southeast Asia. We aim to estimate the prevalence and predictors of rear seatbelt use, a key behavioural risk factor for RTI, in Bandung and Bangkok, two cities in Southeast Asia. Roadside observational studies were conducted to provide a representative picture of the prevalence in each city. From eight rounds of observations (July 2015 to April 2019), 39,479 and 7,207 rear-seat passengers were observed in Bandung and Bangkok. Across all rounds, 4.2% of rear-seat passengers used seatbelts in Bandung, compared to 8.4% in Bangkok. In both cities, males and adults, as compared to females and adolescents (aged 12-17 years), had higher odds of rear seatbelt use, as did passengers with a restrained driver. Findings highlight the need for rear seatbelt laws in Bandung and improved enforcement of existing rear seatbelt laws in Bangkok.
KW - Southeast Asia
KW - rear seats
KW - road traffic injury
KW - seatbelt use
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U2 - 10.1080/17457300.2021.1998135
DO - 10.1080/17457300.2021.1998135
M3 - Article
C2 - 34902287
AN - SCOPUS:85121463322
SN - 1745-7300
VL - 29
SP - 247
EP - 255
JO - International journal of injury control and safety promotion
JF - International journal of injury control and safety promotion
IS - 2
ER -