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A study of road hazards faced by Malaysian school children using HIRARC

Road transport is the movement of passengers or goods on the road. To date, issues concerning the safety of students and school institutions have continued to attract public attention. The recent spate of incidents insideandoutside the school compound has brought the issue ofchildren safetyin...

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Main Authors: Ahmad Rasdan Ismail, Noor Adilah Hamzah, Nor Kamilah Makhtar, Nurul Husna Che Hassan, Darliana Mohamad, Baba Md Deros
Format: Indexed Article
Language:English
Published: 2018
Online Access:http://discol.umk.edu.my/id/eprint/7329/1/A%20STUDY%20OF%20ROAD%20HAZARDSFACED%20BYMALAYSIAN%20SCHOOL%20CHILDREN%20USING%20HIRARC.pdf
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spelling my.umk.eprints.73292022-05-23T15:49:35Z http://discol.umk.edu.my/id/eprint/7329/ A study of road hazards faced by Malaysian school children using HIRARC Ahmad Rasdan Ismail Noor Adilah Hamzah Nor Kamilah Makhtar Nurul Husna Che Hassan Darliana Mohamad Baba Md Deros Road transport is the movement of passengers or goods on the road. To date, issues concerning the safety of students and school institutions have continued to attract public attention. The recent spate of incidents insideandoutside the school compound has brought the issue ofchildren safetyinto our attention. These include the escalating number of road casualties. This study was conducted to observe roadhazard outside the school compound and analyse the safety risksfaced by school childrenby using the risk matrix. The risks arecalculated to includelikelihood and severity of hazard as identified in theGuideline of HIRARC 2008. The area selected was the East Coaststateof Peninsular Malaysia, withover 111 schools randomly selected in Kelantan. Re sults werethen analysed and six highlighted hazards were discussed. The results show that the main road posed the highest risk due to speeding vehicles. These vehicles failed to slow down when approaching the school area. The school administration must enhance the safety ofthe staff, students, and public while in the school area. In conclusion, road safety awareness must be instilled among teachers, students, parents and road users alike. 2018 Indexed Article NonPeerReviewed text en http://discol.umk.edu.my/id/eprint/7329/1/A%20STUDY%20OF%20ROAD%20HAZARDSFACED%20BYMALAYSIAN%20SCHOOL%20CHILDREN%20USING%20HIRARC.pdf Ahmad Rasdan Ismail and Noor Adilah Hamzah and Nor Kamilah Makhtar and Nurul Husna Che Hassan and Darliana Mohamad and Baba Md Deros (2018) A study of road hazards faced by Malaysian school children using HIRARC. Malaysian Journal of Public Health Medicine, Specia (2). pp. 10-17. ISSN 16750306 http://www.mjphm.org.my/mjphm/journals/2018%20-%20Special%20Volume%20(2)/A%20STUDY%20OF%20ROAD%20HAZARDSFACED%20BYhttp://www.mjphm.org.my/mjphm/journals/2018%20-%20Special%20Volume%20(2)/A%20STUDY%20OF%20ROAD%20HAZARDSFACED%20BYMALAYSIAN%20SCHOOL%20CHILDREN%20USING%20HIRARC.pdf
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description Road transport is the movement of passengers or goods on the road. To date, issues concerning the safety of students and school institutions have continued to attract public attention. The recent spate of incidents insideandoutside the school compound has brought the issue ofchildren safetyinto our attention. These include the escalating number of road casualties. This study was conducted to observe roadhazard outside the school compound and analyse the safety risksfaced by school childrenby using the risk matrix. The risks arecalculated to includelikelihood and severity of hazard as identified in theGuideline of HIRARC 2008. The area selected was the East Coaststateof Peninsular Malaysia, withover 111 schools randomly selected in Kelantan. Re sults werethen analysed and six highlighted hazards were discussed. The results show that the main road posed the highest risk due to speeding vehicles. These vehicles failed to slow down when approaching the school area. The school administration must enhance the safety ofthe staff, students, and public while in the school area. In conclusion, road safety awareness must be instilled among teachers, students, parents and road users alike.
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author Ahmad Rasdan Ismail
Noor Adilah Hamzah
Nor Kamilah Makhtar
Nurul Husna Che Hassan
Darliana Mohamad
Baba Md Deros
spellingShingle Ahmad Rasdan Ismail
Noor Adilah Hamzah
Nor Kamilah Makhtar
Nurul Husna Che Hassan
Darliana Mohamad
Baba Md Deros
A study of road hazards faced by Malaysian school children using HIRARC
author_facet Ahmad Rasdan Ismail
Noor Adilah Hamzah
Nor Kamilah Makhtar
Nurul Husna Che Hassan
Darliana Mohamad
Baba Md Deros
author_sort Ahmad Rasdan Ismail
title A study of road hazards faced by Malaysian school children using HIRARC
title_short A study of road hazards faced by Malaysian school children using HIRARC
title_full A study of road hazards faced by Malaysian school children using HIRARC
title_fullStr A study of road hazards faced by Malaysian school children using HIRARC
title_full_unstemmed A study of road hazards faced by Malaysian school children using HIRARC
title_sort study of road hazards faced by malaysian school children using hirarc
publishDate 2018
url http://discol.umk.edu.my/id/eprint/7329/1/A%20STUDY%20OF%20ROAD%20HAZARDSFACED%20BYMALAYSIAN%20SCHOOL%20CHILDREN%20USING%20HIRARC.pdf
http://discol.umk.edu.my/id/eprint/7329/
http://www.mjphm.org.my/mjphm/journals/2018%20-%20Special%20Volume%20(2)/A%20STUDY%20OF%20ROAD%20HAZARDSFACED%20BYhttp://www.mjphm.org.my/mjphm/journals/2018%20-%20Special%20Volume%20(2)/A%20STUDY%20OF%20ROAD%20HAZARDSFACED%20BYMALAYSIAN%20SCHOOL%20CHILDREN%20USING%20HIRARC.pdf
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