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The growing field of road safety research is a response to the higher number of traffic accidents. Due to the importance of road safety legislation, knowledge, and awareness in reducing road accidents, especially among young drivers, this study aimed to determine the relationship between university students’ road safety knowledge and awareness. To achieve the purpose of these findings, a study was prepared and delivered to university students using an online questionnaire as the instrument of research. The questionnaire is divided into three sections: demographic information, understanding of road signs and road safety rules, and awareness of road safety. This survey seeks to engage 313 students between the ages of 18 and 26 who are enrolled at the University Malaysia Pahang. The anticipated outcome for section B is that the majority of participants will be able to interpret road signs and will have a greater understanding of road safety. For section C, university students were supposed to know road safety awareness and poor driving behaviors. The result indicated that the relationship between knowledge of road signs and road safety awareness among university students is significant, as indicated (p = 0.012), and that there is also a significant relationship between knowledge of road law regulations and road safety awareness among university students (p = 0.000). This study is anticipated to meet its intended aims of determining the relationship between university students’ road safety knowledge and awareness.
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The authors would like to thank Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah (UMPSA), Faculty of Industrial Science & Technology (FIST), for the financial support (RDU210363).
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Musni, N.N.N., Mohd Nawi, W.N.R., Widia, M. (2024). Knowledge and Awareness of Road Safety Among University Students. In: Hassan, M.H.A., Omar, M.N., Johari, N.H., Zhong, Y. (eds) Proceedings of the 2nd Human Engineering Symposium. HUMENS 2023. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-6890-9_36
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