TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - Seatbelt use among bus passengers in Ghana: observed versus self-reported measures
JO  - International journal of injury control and safety promotion
A1  - Okyere, Paul
A1  - Agyei-Baffour, P.
A1  - Harris, M. J.
A1  - Mock, C.
A1  - Yankson, I. K.
A1  - Donkor, P.
A1  - Owusu-Dabo, E.
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - Many road traffic injuries in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are to bus passengers. We sought to determine the availability, functionality, and observed vs. self-reported use of seatbelts in large intercity buses in Ghana. We observed seatbelt use for 1,184 passengers in 35 large intercity buses. We interviewed a separate group of 633 bus passengers. All buses observed had seatbelts and most (92.6%) were functional. A little over a fifth (21.6%) of passengers were observed to wear seatbelts. However, 34.5% of passengers in the self-reported survey indicated always wearing seatbelts when riding in buses. Passengers on 5 buses out of the 35 observed where the driver verbally prompted them to wear seatbelts were more likely (57.8%) to wear seatbelts than on the other buses (15.3%, p = 0.001). Comparing the self-reported survey with observations, passengers tended to overinflate seatbelt use by a factor of 1.6. This study provides useful information for efforts to increase and monitor seatbelt use among large intercity bus passengers in LMICs.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1745-7300
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17457300.2022.2056617
ID  - ref1
ER  -