• Dr Dipali R Talekar
• Mrs Gauravva L Kadam
• Dr Iranna A Kajagar
• Dr Laxman B Kadam

ABSTRACT: INTRODUCTION: Motor vehicles have gained steadily in popularity because they have provided irrestible benefits. They provide opportunities for the people who traveled rarely beyond their own communities. These motorized transports contributes to millions of deaths, injuries, respiratory, pulmonary diseases, obesity and other health problems and also it disturbs concentration and sleep due to the noise it creates. India has one of the highest motor vehicle accident rates in the world and is definitely on the increase. Recent statistics show that around 4 lakhs were injured in a year. In Gokak the city of Karnataka state, Motor vehicle accidents have exhibited an unprecedented increase from about 2000 in the year1975 to more than 9000 in the year 2024. The high proportion of two wheeler automobiles has caused congestion on city STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM: A study to assess the knowledge regarding the prevention of road traffic accident among the selected B.Sc. Nursing Students of KLE’S Institute of Nursing Sciences, Gokak. OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY: 1.To assess the knowledge of male students regarding the prevention of motor vehicle accidents. 2.To find out the association between the knowledge score and selected demographic variable. 3.To prepare an informational booklet regarding the prevention of motor vehicle accidents. METHODOLOGY: In the present study descriptive survey approach and descriptive design was used. The setting for the present study was KLE’S institute of nursing sciences,Gokak. In the present study, the population represents the Degree Students .The sample size of the present study consists of 50 degree students of KLE’S institute of nursing sciences, and purposive sampling technique was adopted to select the samples. RESULTS: The study reveled that there is significant improvement in knowledge regarding road traffic accidents among the degree students at 0.05 level. CONCLUSION: The study concluded that providing knowledge to be an effective measure in preventing road traffic accidents.

Accidents, knowledge, Assess.

"A study to assess the knowledge regarding the prevention of road traffic accident among the selected B.Sc. Nursing Students of KLE’S Institute of Nursing Sciences, Gokak. ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 9, page no.d631-d639, September-2024, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2409372.pdf

"A study to assess the knowledge regarding the prevention of road traffic accident among the selected B.Sc. Nursing Students of KLE’S Institute of Nursing Sciences, Gokak. ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 9, page no. ppd631-d639, September-2024, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2409372.pdf