Research On The Situation, Risk Factors And Preventive Strategy Of Traffic Accidents Happened On Drivers In Hongkou District,Shanghai

ObjectiveTo learn the basic characteristics and the knowledge, attitude and behavior of traffic security of the drivers in Hongkou District, Shanghai. To analyze the influence factors of illegal driving and traffic accidents in order to provide evidence and information for the concerned departments to make road traffic safety strategy and measure.MethodUsing anonymous self-administrated questionnaire to do retrospective analysis on1200drivers checking in the Department of Motor Vehicles in HongKou district from June to August,2011. To investigate the drivers’basic information and driving situation with statistical description and conduct multivariate logistic regression analysis on influence factors of traffic accidents and regulation breaking.ResultThe research was based on the survey of1200drivers.567drivers had traffic accidents in the past which occupied47.25%of the whole target drivers.59.92%of the drivers admited that they had broken the driving regulation and been punished by the police during January,2010to July,2011. Some of the drivers didn’t recognize the risk of using cell phone on their driving, but based on their actual behavior,81.50%drivers used cell phones during driving, even5.50%of them always used phones.4.08%of the drivers ignored the risk of driving after low level of alcohol.17.75%of the drivers confessed the experience for drunken driving.44.00%of the drivers did not realize that it was not safe without fasten the seat belt in the driving. However, only2/3drivers didn’t always fastened the seat belt during the driving. There were no significant differences in the usage of seat belt, happened the single accident and multi-accidents, and breaking traffic rule.19.75%of the drivers ignored the risk of fatigue driving,58.83%of the drivers had the experience of fatigue driving, and2.14%of drivers were always in the state of fatigue driving.45.17%of the drivers didn’t realize that exceeding the speed limit was not safe,57.70%of them had the experience of exceeding the speed limit.54.50%of the drivers smoked during driving,8.26%of them always smoked in the driving. The result of multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that the drivers with factors such as type A blood, speeding up while been overtaken, responding to discourteous gesture, short driving years, long driving time per day, non-full-time driver were more likely to be against traffic regulation. The drivers with factors such as blood type A, being divorced or widowed, speeding up while been overtaken, having traffic regulation breaking, short sleeping time, fatigue, exceeding speed limit, responding to discourteous gesture, and male were more likely to suffer to the traffic accidents. The drivers with factors such as blood type A, being divorced or widowed, driving with sickness, speeding up while been overtaken, emotion been influenced by outside world, and responding to discourteous gesture were more likely to have more than2traffic accidents.ConclusionThe situation of the cognition and driving behavior about driving security of the drivers in Hongkou District was not just as everyone wishes. The traffic accidents should be controlled via proper measures. The precaution of traffic accidents needs the measures pertinent to drivers.