Development of road accident prevention processes by Community participation, case study: Kaew Saen Subdistrict, Na Bon District, Nakhon Si Thammarat Province.

Abstract

Participatory action research this time has the objective Study the level of knowledge, attitude, and driving behavior in the community and to develop a road accident management model in Kaeo Saen Subdistrict, Na Bon District, Nakhon Si Thammarat Province. The group of 138 project participants includes the group of leaders. The criteria for selecting those who consent to the research (inclusion criteria) are those who have lived in the community for 6 months or more and who have been officially appointed. Including Kaeo Saen Subdistrict Administrator, teachers, village headman, police, assistant village headman. Member of the Subdistrict Administrative Organization Village health volunteers for quantitative studies The total sample group was 400 people using a simple random sampling method. Quantitative data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. For analyzing data from focus groups Using the content analysis.

The results of the study found that the sample group There was a high level of knowledge about driving a motorcycle with safety (54.75%), a moderate level of attitude towards safety in driving a motorcycle (62.50%), and a moderate level of behavior when driving a motorcycle (71.75%). For the process of developing a road accident management model in Kaeo Saen Subdistrict. There are operations as follows: (1) Driver side A good attitude towards driving a motorcycle is created at (2) the vehicle side, always inspecting the condition of the vehicle before driving; (3) the road side, evaluating and correcting the condition of the road surface. by searching for roads that are deteriorated and damaged (4) environmental and social aspects Management of risk points in the area by the community However, every operational process requires the cooperation of all sectors in the community, including the public sector, the public sector, and the private sector