Contents
Undertaking i
Certificate iii
Acknowledgments v
Abstract vii
Table of Contents . ix
List of figures xv
List of tables xv
1 INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 Background 1
1.2 Need for the study 2
1.3 Aim 3
1.4 Objective 3
1.5 Methodology 3
1.6 Scope and Limitations 4
2 LITERATURE STUDY 5
2.1 Behaviour 5
2.1.1 Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) 5
2.2 Traffic Violation 7
2.3 Enforcement 8
2.3.1 The Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 8
2.3.2 The Motor Vehicle (Amendment) Bill, 2019 8
2.3.3 Enforcement Challenges 13
2.4 Past Studies 14
2.4.1 Attitude & awareness of traffic safety among drivers in Libya 14
2.4.2 Attitude, behaviour & accident involvement in Saudi Arabia 16
2.4.3 Understanding public attitudes to road user safety 18
2.4.4 Key inferences for the study 20
2.4.5 Analytical Framework 21
2.5 Factors selected for the research study 21
2.6 Test Analysis Method for the research study 22
2.7 Pilot Survey 23
3 CASE STUDY - TRIVANDRUM 25
3.1 Trivandrum 25
3.1.1 Accidents 25
3.1.2 Most violated traffic rules in the city 28
3.2 Interview with Authorities 29
3.3 Observation at Junction 30
3.4 Survey Questionnaire 31
3.4.1 User details 31
3.4.2 Traffic violations selected for the study 32
3.4.3 User survey questionnaire 32
4 USER SURVEY 36
4.1 Survey Sampling 36
4.2 Socio-Demographic factors of respondents 37
4.2.1 Gender & Age 37
4.2.2 Vehicle type 38
4.2.3 Profession 39
4.2.4 Valid driving license 39
4.2.5 Frequency of travel 40
4.2.6 Purpose of travel 40
4.2.7 Driving Experience 41
4.3 User Response Percentage. 41
4.3.1 Inference 42
5 STATISTICAL ANALYSIS 43
5.1 Descriptive Statistic Test 43
5.1.1 Inference 43
5.2 One Way ANOVA Test 45
5.2.1 Gender effect on TPB variables & behaviour 46
5.2.2 Age effect on TPB variables & behaviour 47
5.2.3 Type of vehicle effect on TPB variables & behaviour 48
5.2.4 Driving experience effect on TPB variables & behaviour 49
5.2.5 Overall Inference 50
5.3 Cronbach‟s Alpha Statistic Test 51
5.3.1 Inference 52
5.4 Multiple Linear Regression Analysis 52
5.4.1 Regression analysis predicting behaviour 53
6 FRAMEWORK 55
6.1 Institutional Framework 55
6.2 Stakeholders, Initiatives and Gaps 56
6.3 Funding. 57
7 CONCLUSION & SUGGESTIONS 59
7.1 Conclusion 59
7.2 Suggestion 60
7.3 Limitation. 66
7.4 Future scope of study. 66
References 67
Appendix 1: Semi-structured Interview Questionnaire 70
Appendix 2: User Survey Format 73
Appendix 3: User Response Percentage 79
Appendix 4: Mean & Standard Deviation of Variables 83
Appendix 5: One way ANOVA Test Results 86