Skip to main content

Road traffic crash experience among commercial motorcyclists in Kigali, Rwanda.

Publication ,  Journal Article
Nickenig Vissoci, JR; Krebs, E; Meier, B; Vieira, IF; de Andrade, L; Byiringiro, F; Rulisa, S; Staton, CA
Published in: Int J Inj Contr Saf Promot
June 2020

Objective: Road traffic injuries (RTI) cause ∼1.2 million deaths and 50 million injuries annually, disproportionately occurring in low- and middle-income countries. Although policy changes and infrastructural developments have continued to contribute to the decrease in RTI-related deaths, limited studies have investigated the relationship between motorcycle taxi driver behaviors and RTIs in Rwanda. This study aims to describe the safety behaviors of commercial motorcyclists in Kigali, Rwanda.Methods: We surveyed 609 commercial motorcyclists in January 2014 then conducted a cross-sectional analysis of the results, including descriptive and bivariate logistic regression analyses.Results: We found that 38.7% of surveyed motorcycle drivers experienced a crash during their lifetime, of which, more than half (n = 134, 56.8%) suffered injuries. Of all injuries, 38.8% (n = 52) resulted in hospitalization, and 14.2% (n = 19) in disability. Among motorcyclists, 100% reported always wearing a helmet, 99% reported always wearing a chin strap, and 98.8% reported always having a passenger helmet. There was an association between sustaining a crash and believing that helmets (p = 0.08) and chin straps (p = 0.05) reduced crash risk.Conclusions: Rwandan commercial motorcyclists demonstrate generally proper safety behaviors, but remain a high-risk occupational group. Road safety policy initiatives have been effective in changing driver behavior regardless of driver safety beliefs.

Duke Scholars

Altmetric Attention Stats
Dimensions Citation Stats

Published In

Int J Inj Contr Saf Promot

DOI

EISSN

1745-7319

Publication Date

June 2020

Volume

27

Issue

2

Start / End Page

181 / 187

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Young Adult
  • Wounds and Injuries
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Rwanda
  • Motorcycles
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Logistics & Transportation
  • Humans
  • Head Protective Devices
 

Citation

APA
Chicago
ICMJE
MLA
NLM
Nickenig Vissoci, J. R., Krebs, E., Meier, B., Vieira, I. F., de Andrade, L., Byiringiro, F., … Staton, C. A. (2020). Road traffic crash experience among commercial motorcyclists in Kigali, Rwanda. Int J Inj Contr Saf Promot, 27(2), 181–187. https://doi.org/10.1080/17457300.2020.1724158
Nickenig Vissoci, Joao Ricardo, Elizabeth Krebs, Brian Meier, Igor Fiorese Vieira, Luciano de Andrade, Fidele Byiringiro, Stephen Rulisa, and Catherine A. Staton. “Road traffic crash experience among commercial motorcyclists in Kigali, Rwanda.Int J Inj Contr Saf Promot 27, no. 2 (June 2020): 181–87. https://doi.org/10.1080/17457300.2020.1724158.
Nickenig Vissoci JR, Krebs E, Meier B, Vieira IF, de Andrade L, Byiringiro F, et al. Road traffic crash experience among commercial motorcyclists in Kigali, Rwanda. Int J Inj Contr Saf Promot. 2020 Jun;27(2):181–7.
Nickenig Vissoci, Joao Ricardo, et al. “Road traffic crash experience among commercial motorcyclists in Kigali, Rwanda.Int J Inj Contr Saf Promot, vol. 27, no. 2, June 2020, pp. 181–87. Pubmed, doi:10.1080/17457300.2020.1724158.
Nickenig Vissoci JR, Krebs E, Meier B, Vieira IF, de Andrade L, Byiringiro F, Rulisa S, Staton CA. Road traffic crash experience among commercial motorcyclists in Kigali, Rwanda. Int J Inj Contr Saf Promot. 2020 Jun;27(2):181–187.

Published In

Int J Inj Contr Saf Promot

DOI

EISSN

1745-7319

Publication Date

June 2020

Volume

27

Issue

2

Start / End Page

181 / 187

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Young Adult
  • Wounds and Injuries
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Rwanda
  • Motorcycles
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Logistics & Transportation
  • Humans
  • Head Protective Devices