An Evaluation of the "Belia Di Jalan Raya" Road Safety Programme
In November 1996, a road safety programme known as the Belia di Jalan Raya road safety programme was carried out in Hulu Langat. The main objective of this programme was to reduce traffic accidents and injuries, especially among the motorcyclists.This thesis presents the impact of the one year sa...
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1998
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| Online Access: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/10096/1/FK_1998_2_A.pdf |
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| Summary: | In November 1996, a road safety programme known as the Belia di
Jalan Raya road safety programme was carried out in Hulu Langat. The
main objective of this programme was to reduce traffic accidents and
injuries, especially among the motorcyclists.This thesis presents the impact of the one year safety programme
in the Hulu Langat district. It provides an integrated approach to address
accident problems by the enhancement of traffic enforcement, education
and public information.
The accident data were collected 23 months before and 12 months
after the programme, in two comparison locations, Hulu Langat and Shah
Alam. Shah Alam was used as a matched-pair control in this analysis.
The Before and After analysis and the Box-Jenkins time series
modeling technique were used to evaluate the effectiveness of the safety
programme. Using the Before and After Chi-square test, it was found that
the proportion of accidents in these two districts are Significantly different.
This implies that the safety programme has a Significant effect on the
reduction in the number of accidents, injuries and fatalities in Hulu Langat.
The Box-Jenkins Time Series analysiS indicates an average
reduction of 57 accidents, 8 hospitalized non-motorcyclist casualties, 15
non-motorcyclist fatalities, 18 hospitalized motorcyclists, 3 motorcyclist
deaths, 3 young hospitalized non-motorcyclist casualties and 1 fatal
motorcyclist in every month during the study period. In contrast, there had
been an average increase in accidents and casualties in the comparison
district, Shah Alam.
The Survival Analysis shows that there was a significant
improvement in overall traffic safety status in Hulu Langat after the
implementation of the safety programme. In contrast, changes in traffic
safety status in the comparison location, Shah Alam, did not resemble
improvement in Hulu Langat in direction and magnitude. |
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