Persepsi Risiko Berkendara dan Perilaku Penggunaan Sabuk Keselamatan di Kampus Universitas Indonesia, Depok

Deaths and injuries caused by traffic accidents has become a public health problem not only in Indonesia but throughout the world. Based on the data of UPTK3LH University of Indonesia, there is increasing incident and accident in campus within the university each year. The aim of this study is to see the relationship between perception of risk driving safety with safety belts usage behavior among the University of Indonesia students, using semi-quantitative approach and cross-sectional research design. Participants were 98 students of University of Indonesia Depok aged 18 to 25 years who drive their own vehicles. With 5% a, 80% power of the test and SPSS 10:00 software, obtained significant internal factors shape the perception of safety risks are the driving experience (p value = 0.000) and confidence (p value = 0.008), whereas a significant external factor is the influence of friends (p value =0.000). Respondents who have bad perceptions of the driving safety risk have a chance of 72 times [OR 72.46 (15.26; 344.02)] for not using safety belts compared to respondents who have a good perception of driving safety risk. Efforts are required to increase the risk perception include hazard communication by using the experience of a friend as one source of information for individuals, spread through websites, film screenings of an accident scene, and create information boards placed
at the main gate, from the death scene information, injury, and injuries due to traffic accidents. The most important things is regular socialization.