Knowledge and Practice of Road safety Measures in Medical Students.

Background: Developing countries like ours are facing burden of road traffic accidents which causes unnatural deaths
primarily involving the age group of 15-40 years, the most productive group. Being young generation in the community,
medical students will be able to spread awareness of road safety measures to prevent RTA. Hence, the present study was
focused to assess the current knowledge and practice of road safety measures among medical students.
Material and Method: A questionnaire based, cross-sectional study was conducted among 300 medical students (133 Males
and 167 Females). The data was analyzed for percentage, mean, standard deviation, t test and Chi-square test. Results: We
observed that 295(98.3%) of the students were aware about the term road safety measures, the common source of information
was media 203(67.7%). Almost all students used their own vehicles for transport instead of public transport services. In our
study, we found that overall knowledge of road safety measures among medical students was satisfactory, but practice of road
safety measures was not satisfactory. Conclusion: We concluded that road traffic accidents are avoidable by proper sense of
road safety measures. Safe driving practices should be encouraged. Orientation programs should be conducted periodically to
reinforce not only the knowledge but also the safe practices in youngsters along with strict implementation of legislative
measures.
Keywords: Knowledge, Practice, Road safety measures, Medicals students, Questionnaire based.