Prevalence and Associated Factors of Motorcycle Accident Among Senior High School in Namsom District Udonthani Province

Abstract

The study was cross-sectional analytical study aimed to determine the prevalence causes
and factors associated with the causes of road accidents. Data were collected with the students
in upper secondary schools Namsom District, UdonThani in 4 schools and 335 samples were collected
using a questionnaire.The results showed that the sample group was mostly female 55.5 percent.
Males had an accident rate than female. Driving a motorcycle for the first time the average age
of 12.39 years (sd = 1.55) the youngest motorcyclist was 8 years old, mostly without the license,
94 percent. The prevalence of accidents 22.4 percent (95% CI = 17.9 - 26.8). The correlation
analysis using statistical multiple logistic regression found the factors that are related to road accidents
found that a variable level of education high school 4 (ORadj = 2.26, 95%CI of ORadj = 1.31 – 3.90,

p-value = 0.004), driving experience more than 4 years (ORadj= 2.54, 95% CI of ORadj= 1.24 – 5.21,
p-value = 0.003), and driving at a speed greater than 80 km/hr. ORadj = 3.74, 95% CI of
ORadj = 1.13 – 10.66, p-value = 0.030).