A Survey on Personal Safety Reflector Use for Traffic Accident Prevention

Abstract

To clarify the current status of personal safety reflector use for traffic accident prevention, a questionnaire survey was conducted involving elementary, junior, and senior high school students in Kumamoto Prefecture, and responses were obtained from 458.The rate of recognizing personal safety reflectors was approximately 80%, but only 45-54% possessed them. Although approximately 80% answered that personal safety reflectors are effective for traffic accident prevention, the rate of not wearing personal safety reflectors at the twilight time was 61-64% among junior/senior high school students, and 40% among elementary school students. As they had been involved in near-miss events even when wearing personal safety reflectors while walking, it was also suggested that personal safety reflectors are not sufficiently effective. Most of the personal safety reflectors they desired to possess were easy to carry, wearable as an accessary, and simple.