The Project of School Bus Safety in Bangkok Metropolis: Mode of Student Transportation

Abstract

The Project of School Bus Safety in Bangkok Metropolis: Mode of Student Transportation

Busaba Suppawattanabodee MSc (Biostatistic)*

Anan Manomaipiboon MD, MSc (Clinical epidemiology)**

Moanawt Ngerncham MD, MPH (Epidemiology)**

Premwadee Karuhadej EdD***

* Clinical epidemiology unit, BMA Medical College and Vajira hospital

** Department of Surgery, BMA Medical College and Vajira Hospital

*** Kuakarun Nursing College

Objective: To identify the modes of student transportation in Bangkok Metropolis.

Design: Cross-sectional analytical study.

Subjects: A total of one hundred and thirty four schools with 17,499 students from kindergarten to mattayom and also their parents were randomly selected by using multistage stratified random sampling.

Main outcomes measurement: The number and percentage of mode of student transportation.

Method: This study was conducted during the period of March 2003 until February 2004. Self-administered questionnaires were distributed to the samples.

Results: The three popular modes of student transportation were personal car, motorcycles and public buses with responsible to 22.0% (95%CI: 21.2-22.6), 21.1% (95%CI: 20.5-21.7) and 16.2% (95%CI: 15.6-16.7). The estimated number of students going to school by school bus was 7.3% (95%CI: 6.9-7.7).

Conclusion: School bus services was not popular in Bangkok Metropolis corresponded with the estimated number of students going to school by school bus was 7.3% (95%CI: 6.9-7.7).

Vajira Med J 2007 ; 51 : 121 - 128