Investigating of Risk Factors Associated with Exposure to Road Traffic Accidents among Drivers, El-Obeid, North Kordofan State, Sudan; A Cross-sectional Study

Abstract

Musa A. O. Mohammed, Abdirahman M. Abdullahi and Abdollh A. M. Barakat

Background and Objective Road traffic accidents (RTA) represent a major important public health problem in our country and play a major role in lifelong disabilities as well as high mortality. In Sudan, the rate of road traffic accidents has recently increased for reasons related to excessive speed, and the collapse of most national roads.

Materials and Methods A cross-sectional descriptive study of all vehicles drivers. It was carried out in February to December 2018, to study of risk factors associated with road traffic accidents. Data were entered and analyzed using the Statistical Package of Social Sciences (SPSS) version (23.0) and Microsoft Excel (2010) software. Chi-square (χ2) was used to determine whether there is a significant association between different variables. Values were considered to be statistically signif- icant when the p-value obtained was less than (0.05) and assessed strength of correlation using Odd Raito (OR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI).

Results The study included (296) vehicles drivers, all drivers who were interviewed were male. Majority (87.8%) of them has a driving license and (51%) use a seat belt while driving. Use earphones (MP3) while driving [p= 0.001, OR 22.241; 95% CI (21.896, 22.606)], use cell phone while driving [p= 0.001, OR 21.430; 95% CI (21.182, 21.726)], doping consumption [p= 0.001, OR 21.488; 95% CI (21.194, 21.791)], alcohol drinking [p= 0.001, OR 20.737; 95% CI (20.501, 20.971)], use drugs [p= 0.001, OR 22.241; 95% CI (21.877, 22.631)], suffering from low vision [p= 0.001, OR 20.794.665; 95% CI (20.553, 21.033)] and condition of the brakes[p= 0.052, OR 20.754; 95% CI (20.515, 20.977)] were significantly associated with RTAs.

Conclusion There is need for accelerate of laws against stimulants consumption and excessive speed among vehicles drivers and motorcyclists during driving by local authorities in order to reduce RTAs.

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