@article{COCIU_IONCU_CIOBANU_CEBANU_2023, title={Road safety knowledge and attitudes among drivers}, volume={4}, url={https://journal.ohrm.bba.md/index.php/journal-ohrm-bba-md/article/view/412}, DOI={10.38045/ohrm.2023.2.04}, abstractNote={<p><strong><em>Introduction.</em></strong><em> Road traffic injuries are a significant issue for society in the twenty-first century, but public health experts frequently ignore them despite the fact that massive and coordinated efforts are required for their effective and long-term prevention. Human factors and poor driving performance are the most significant contributors to car accidents globally, as shown by a series of studies exploring the causes of traffic road accidents. Since road safety is a key concern in developing countries, our research focuses on the car driver behavioral risk factors in the Republic of Moldova.</em></p> <p><strong><em>Material and methods.</em></strong><em> A cross-sectional quantitative descriptive using a questionnaire was applied online via a Google form document among car drivers, between January-March 2022. Microsoft Excel was used for the statistical analyses. </em></p> <p><strong><em>Results. </em></strong><em>The questionnaire was completed by 257 respondents above 18 years, of which 61.9% were female and 38.1% were male, mostly with a category B license (73.5%) and majority from urban area (87.5%).&nbsp; More than half (55.6%) mention that drove a car daily and 30% of them have a drive experience of more than ten years. Respondents express great concern (71.2%) about the issue of traffic accidents, and 76.3% think that unsafe roads are a key contributing factor. At least once being involved as a driver in road accidents where medical care was needed was mentioned by 2.7% of respondents.&nbsp; </em></p> <p><strong><em>Conclusions.</em></strong><em> Educational programs and awareness campaigns about road safety among drivers and other vulnerable road users should be systematically organized.</em></p&gt;}, number={2}, journal={One Health & Risk Management }, author={COCIU, Svetlana and IONCU, Olga and CIOBANU, Daniela and CEBANU, Serghei}, year={2023}, month={Mar.}, pages={25-32} }