著者

Tangkudung Ellen Ernani Besty

出版者

Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies

雑誌

Proceedings of the Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies

巻号頁・発行日

vol.2009, pp.410, 2009

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According to a recent study organized by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), road crashes killed more than 75,000 people in ASEAN in 2003 and it cost more than 2.2 per cent of the regions annual GDP. Because of the high proportion or motorcycle victims in road crashes in many countries of the region it has been agreed that the first program focuses on the development of national action plans aimed at improving the quality and usage of motorcycle helmets. Given its relative stability and growth in recent years, Indonesia has been a rapid increase in the volume of road traffic. The highest growths were occurred in 2003 which are 33% and 29% for total registered vehicles and motorcycles respectively. The aims of this study are to provide information that it is required for assessing the current situation in Indonesia with respect to the motorcycle helmets usage and to provide a benchmark for evaluating helmet usage initiatives in the near future.