Drivers’ Perception Towards Road Safety in Al Hilla City

Across sectional study design was adopted to assess the drivers perception toward road safety and to state ways that will help to ensure road safety and reduction of road traffic accidents. The population under study was (240) drivers who drive either their own car or rented or were driving the car as an occupation. The study was conducted at two primary health care centers in Al Hilla city which covered Al Gameyah primary health center and Al Kawthar primary health center. Structured questionnaire was developed for collecting the data. It was divided into 3 parts, the first part included demographic data, second part consisted questions pertaining to their perceptions by using Likert scale 3-point scale, and the third part included suggestions given by drivers to ensure road safety. Community health nursing students interviewed the drivers and collected the data during their clinical training in the above two mentioned primary health centers. Simple statistical methods were used to assess the results of the study. Results showed that majority of drivers (81.7%) always felt safe driving with seat belt on all the time, (43%) of them reported that loss of concentration & inability to control the car was the major causes of accidents, followed by speeding (24, 5%).