TRAFFIC LIGHT VIOLATION AMONG MOTORISTS IN MALAYSIA

This paper presents an analysis of the violation of traffic light signalization in Malaysia. Authors note that, in 2006, there were 341,232 traffic accidents in the country, which resulted in the death of 6,287 persons. It is hypothesized that a possible reason for these accidents is due to traffic light signalization non-compliance. A cross-sectional study of violations in Selangor was conducted as the city had experienced non-compliance violations resulting in 136 fatalities and 155 injuries in 2002. During a five week period a total of 3,471 vehicles were observed and analyzed with bivariate analysis, or logistic regression, in order to discriminate a relationship between potential non-compliance and five predetermined variables. It was shown that the given factors were a good indicator of non-compliance.