Motorcycle Riding Behavior and Accident Risk of Delivery Riders in Bangkok

Abstract

According to the World Health Organization, road traffic injuries are the 8th leading cause of death in the world and Thailand's road accidents rank highest in ASEAN. The proportion of road accident fatalities in Thailand is the highest number of deaths caused by motorcycles. This research is a study of motorcycle driving behavior, Perceived attitudes towards risky behaviors and factors affecting the speeding behavior of food delivery riders in Bangkok.Factors of interest include demographic characteristics, stress and fatigue while working, attitudes towards speeding and mobile phone use while driving, motorcycle speeding behavior, risk perception, travel time and frequency, and self-reporting of accidents. The data was collected by using a questionnaire of 450 sets and analysis of factors influencing behavior of speeding drivers of food delivery riders in Bangkok. The statistical tests were T-test One-way ANOVA and Correlation Coefficient. The study found that age, education level, number of children, stress and fatigue while working, risk perception and attitudes towards speeding and mobile phone use while driving. Statistically significant effect on the behavior of motorcyclists driving faster than the speed limit.