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Table 2 Basic knowledge of and attitude towards injury prevention among middle school students in Chaoshan rural areas of China

From: Risk factors of bicycle traffic injury among middle school students in chaoshan rural areas of china

 

Whether bicycle injuries occurred

 

Yes (n)

No (n)

Prevalence of injury (%)

P

Opinion on necessity of setting up traffic rules

   

0.004

 Highly necessary

504

1340

27.3

 

 Moderately necessary

46

101

31.3

 

 Little necessary

18

22

45.0

 

 Not at all

20

24

45.5

 

Recognition of traffic markings “for vehicles only”

   

0.509

 No

425

1096

27.9

 

 Yes

163

391

29.4

 

Running a red light*

   

<0.01

 No

545

1439

27.5

 

 Yes

43

48

47.3

 

Opinion on whether bicycle injury is preventable

   

0.009

 Yes

341

925

26.9

 

 No

63

101

38.4

 

 Uncertain

184

461

28.5

 

Willingness to learn about prevention of bicycle injuries

   

0.020

 No

93

169

35.5

 

 Yes

366

990

27.0

 

 No idea

129

328

28.2

 
  1. *If you come across an intersection with the red light on, but there is no other vehicle around, will you ignore the traffic rules and run red light just to save time?