@article{Watakit_Pinta_2020, title={Factors Affecting Car Accidents of Late Adolescents in Mueang District Chiang Mai Province}, volume={7}, url={https://so05.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/RMUTI_SS/article/view/245856}, abstractNote={<p>The objective of this research aims to study the factors affecting car accidents in Mueang District, Chiang Mai Province. The samples, selected by multi-stage sampling, were 400 late adolescents, aged between 18 - 25 who experienced car accident. A tool for data collection was the questionnaires. This research’s statistical analysis was descriptive statistics such as percentage (%), mean (<img title="\bar{X}" src="https://latex.codecogs.com/gif.latex?\bar{X}">) and standard deviation (S.D.), and reference statistics such as multiple regression analysis. The study found that most of the respondents were female, university students, had experience in a car accident, but the level of injuries was not required the hospital admission, their monthly income was between 10,001 - 15,000 baht, the most frequent driving times were between 06.01 - 12.00 o’clock, the duration of driving per day was approximately 1 - 4 hours, the normal driving speed was between 61 - 90 km/hour. The multiple regression analysis found that the three predictor variables were: 1) Vehicle and Maintenance variables. (<img title="\bar{X}" src="https://latex.codecogs.com/gif.latex?\bar{X}">= 3.23, S.D. = 0.83) (t = 1.46, Sig = 0.15) 2) Driver Behavior variables. (<img title="\bar{X}" src="https://latex.codecogs.com/gif.latex?\bar{X}">= 2.45, S.D. = 0.46) (t = 21.10, Sig = 0.00) and 3) Physical Environment variables. (<img title="\bar{X}" src="https://latex.codecogs.com/gif.latex?\bar{X}">= 3.43, S.D. = 0.52) (t = 2.116, Sig = 0.03). There were only two statistically significant variables that could predict car accidents, which were Driver Behavior variables and Physical Environment variables. Both of them could be used to predict car accidents at 52.9 percent (R<sup>2</sup> = 0.529, F = 222.68, p < 0.00, n = 400).</p>}, number={2}, journal={RMUTI Journal Humanities and Social Sciences}, author={Watakit, Tawan and Pinta, Ladda}, year={2020}, month={Dec.}, pages={70–88} }