Characteristics of Pedestrians in Bangladesh Who Did Not Receive Public Education on Road Safety

Tanvir Chowdhury, Shakil Mohammad Rifaat and Richard Tay ()
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Tanvir Chowdhury: Department of Civil Engineering, Lassonde School of Engineering, York University, Toronto, ON M3J 1P3, Canada
Shakil Mohammad Rifaat: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Islamic University of Technology, Gazipur 1704, Bangladesh
Richard Tay: School of Business, IT and Logistics, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University, Melbourne 3000, Australia

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 16, 1-11

Abstract: The safety of pedestrians, such as workers who largely walk to and from work, has not been given sufficient attention, especially in the area of traffic safety in developing countries, including Bangladesh. Although the National Road Safety Strategy has a very strong emphasis on road safety education and publicity campaigns, the road safety knowledge may not have reached these vulnerable road users who most needed them. Moreover, little is known about the penetration rate of these campaigns and who have benefited or not benefited from them. On the other hand, the developing country, like Bangladesh, is heavily dependent on its Readymade Garment (RMG) workers for earning foreign currency, and walking is one of the major mode of transports of those workers. The objective of this study is to identify those who are not reach by the safety education. Results from a survey of 1020 RMG workers around Dhaka identified several socioeconomic, demographic, travel characteristics and accident experience that affect the most vulnerable segments who are left out of the system. The findings of this study would help the policy makers to arrange necessary road safety education for the most vulnerable cohorts of pedestrians to encourage the continued use of this sustainable mode of commute.

Keywords: traffic safety; safety education; road safety campaign; pedestrian safety; vulnerable road users (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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