Análise exploratória das taxas de utilização do cinto de segurança e capacete após esforços de conscientização dos usuários em Fortaleza-CE

Abstract

Road safety devices are one of the main factors that minimize crashes severity. This study aims to present the influence that the efforts of awareness of users in changing the patterns of road security devices use. Based on observational research, data related to these factors were collected during four years in Fortaleza city. In the study, we performed exploratory and confirmatory analyzes using categorical logit models. The results show an increase in road safety devices use throughout the rounds, indicating positive impacts of enforcement and educational campaigns, except for rear-seat passenger cars and children. The main findings were that there is a lower probability of using the safety devices by male and younger users and that the chances of the passenger using the devices are greater when drivers are also using.