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Constraints Encountered in the Practice of Measures to Prevent the Occurrence of Motorbike Accidents by Riders in the Bamenda-ii Municipality of Cameroon

Bodzewan Emmanuel Fonyuy, Lange Innocent, Ngopewo Alphonsine

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Bodzewan Emmanuel Fonyuy
Ministry of Public Health of Cameroon National
Cameroon
Tel: (+237) 675 044 592
Email: ebodzewan@gmail.com

Received on: March 24, 2017, Accepted on: April 22, 2017, Published on: April 29, 2017

Citation: Bodzewan Emmanuel Fonyuy, Lange Innocent and Ngopewo Alphonsine (2017). Constraints Encountered in the Practice of Measures to Prevent the Occurrence of Motorbike Accidents by Riders in the Bamenda-ii Municipality of Cameroon

Copyright: 2017 Bodzewan Emmanuel Fonyuy. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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Abstract
According to the World Health Organization, motorbike related injuries killed an estimated 1.2 million people in Africa and injured more than 50 million others yearly. The number of people who die in bike related accidents will undergo a 144% increase between 2002 and 2020. Pedestrians and motorbike users get injured on the road more frequently and more severely than other road users. 
Motorcycle injuries constitute a major but neglected emerging public health problem in African countries and contribute significantly to the overall road traffic injuries. Motorcycle injuries are among the leading causes of disability and deaths and the main victims are the motorcyclists, passengers and pedestrians in the young reproductive age group.
The general objective of the study was to assess the knowledge of motorbike riders aged: 18-30 years on the causes and preventive measures put in place to prevent its occurrence in Bamenda-II Municipality. The study employed the descriptive cross sectional design with a sample size of 60 bike riders recruited for the study. 
A structured questionnaire comprising of both closed and open-ended questions was used to collect primary data for the study.
Results revealed that 30% said lack of road signs causes RTAs, 20% mentioned bad nature of the roads as the problem while 10% said tight traffic was their difficulty. On the tenable measures, 42.6% of the respondents said motorists should avoid being drunk when riding, 26% mentioned the control of speed of riders, 20.3% advocated for the regular maintenance of bikes, training of bike riders. The municipality staff should envisage organizing sensitization workshops with bike-riders so as to guarantee the security of the passengers they transport, the pedestrians and overall discipline in their activity.
Keywords: Road Traffic Accidents, Disability, Rehabilitation, Concussion, Motor-bike Injuries, Alcoholism, Over-speeding

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