In such a large system of road transportation, human factors play a very significant role in ensuring the desirable balance between the transport demand and safe operation. Human factors alone are responsible for being the main... more
In such a large system of road transportation, human factors play a very significant role in ensuring the desirable balance between the transport demand and safe operation. Human factors alone are responsible for being the main contributor to road crashes, in addition to the combined factors of human-vehicle and human-road/environment. This paper discusses on three safety items – crash helmet for motorcyclists, seatbelt for adult car occupants, and child safety seats (CSS) for young occupants – which are highly reliance to the users' willingness to be benefited from the recommended proper usage. In the temporal view of road crashes, these safety items are meant for passive safety i.e. to provide protection to the vehicle occupants during the crash impact phase. This systemic review looks at the status quo of those three safety items with regard to their usage benefits and issues, the related strategic programs, current legal framework, and the findings from related local research. Both helmet and seatbelt usage are made mandatory by the legislature but the usage rates on the ground are found to be in a mixed situation. Meanwhile, CSS usage and acceptance, from the socioeconomic and sociotechnical point-of-view, can be considered as growing but still perhaps at the early stage.
