Sivasankar Sambasivam, Adriana Abdul Aziz, Karmegam Karuppiah, Emilia Zainal Abidin, Shamsul Bahri Mohd Tamrin, Hasan Sadeghi Naeini, Kulanthayan KC Mani, Puvanasvaran A. Perumal, and Ayuni Nabilah Alias

DOI: 10.14456/sjst-psu.2020.91

pp. 721 - 724

Abstract

A cross-sectional observational study was conducted on the use of helmets and other safety equipment for child pillion
riders while going to a school in Sri Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia. The objective of this study was to analyze and report the
proportion of children wearing helmets and other safety equipment while riding pillion on a motorcycle. The prevalence of
helmet use among the students as pillion riders was low (47.88%) compared to the adults (75.21%). This was unsatisfactory.
There is a distinct lack of awareness of the benefits of helmets in helping to save lives and reducing injuries. Hence, there is a
need for other safety equipment to provide additional safety protection for child pillion riders to counter the lack of safety
equipment use while riding pillion. The Malaysian Ministry of Transport could benefit from this study with the information
gained for safety equipment use among school students.