Development of road accident prevention models Ubolratana District KhonKaen Province

Abstract

     This study is an action research with the objective of studying the operational model for road accident prevention in Ubonrat District, Khon Kaen Province. Data were collected by road accident injury or death questionnaire from the Injury Prevention Division, Department of Disease Control, Ministry of Public Health², and the road accident injury or death prevention operation questionnaire. The sample group consisted of the district and sub-district road safety operation center committee, community leaders, sub-district health promotion hospital

officers, and public health volunteers. Quantitative data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, presented with frequency, percentage, and paired t-test.
     The research results found that the situation of injuries and deaths from road accidents in Ubonratana District, Khon Kaen Province in 2019-2023 was trending up. The most injured people were under 20 years old. The vehicles that caused the most accidents were motorcycles³. In 2023, when analyzed data of death case according to Haddon's Matrix. The important personal factors included being elderly, drinking alcohol, having congenital diseases, and not wearing a helmet. The Vehicle factors included modified motorcycles and sidecars without compulsory insurance. The Road and environmental factors included lighting, broken road, curves, steep slopes, and wetness. After the operation found that there was an operation in terms of creating a plan to prevent injuries and deaths from road accidents and continued operation. The number of participating institute in the operation, collecting data on injuries and deaths in the sub-district, surveying risk points for injuries and deaths, public relations campaigns, community measures, investigation of injuries and deaths from traffic accidents in the event of an incident in the area, and monitoring accidents in the agency community were significantly higher than before the operation at a statistical level of 0.05, with the number of injuries and deaths from road accidents decreasing.