Observational Survey for Assessment of Helmet Usage among Two Wheeler Users in the Metropolitan City of South India
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Objectives: Assessment of helmet usage among the two wheeler users.
Method: It is a cross sectional study, where 1471 two wheeler riders, pillions were observed at randomly selected 6 traffic junctions using an observation checklist with different intervals of the time in weekdays and weekends.
Results: In observational survey 1471 two wheeler users were observed at the 6 selected traffic junctions, among riders (82.18%),pillions (72.82%) wore helmet. the helmet usage in weekdays was 6% more than in weekends among riders.
Conclusion: Nearly 20% of riders and 30%of pillions were not wearied helmets. Compliance to ISI (Indian Standard) helmets and buckling of the helmets was poor in both the users.
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