One of the proven most effective safety measures for bikers is the use of a helmet.

Helmet is considered to be beneficial for minimizing the intensity of accidents and avoiding most
of the fatalities of motorcyclists while riding, which is the reason behind the formation of
legislation that exists in all countries across the globe (Zhang, G.; Yau, K.K.; Chen, G,2013). The
information of the BUET-research says, as much as 88 per cent of the people who died in
motorcycle accidents were not wearing helmets at the time of the accidents. But practically, the
scenario related to helmet wearing is complex. Without a rule, habitual helmet use is scarce. The
information of the BUET-research says, as much as 88 per cent of the people who died in
motorcycle accidents were not wearing helmets at the time of the accidents. Besides, 66 percent
of the motorcyclists do not use helmets on a regular basis. (Saddam Hossain, 2022).The reasons
behind not wearing helmets are- feeling hot inside helmets, uncomfortable using helmet, short
distance trip and not having any helmet.
Apparently, helmet clients have risen in recent times particularly in Dhaka city due to several
initiatives. Rates of helmet wearing varies in terms of different cities and highways or regional
roads. Dhaka city represents the highest percentage of helmet-wearing rate in Bangladesh (M. F.
Hasan, S. M. S. Mahmud, M. A. Raihan, A. Akter and A. Bhattacharjee, 2022). But surprisingly,
the helmet-worn accident severity is higher than non-worn in Dhaka city. This is usually
infrequent because normally higher number of fatal accidents happens by non-wearing helmets.
(Md. Hamidur Rahman, Niaz Mahmud Zafri, Tamanna Akter & Shahrior Pervaz ,2021)The
reason behind this could be rider’s unwillingness to wear a full-face closed helmet. They either
use open-face helmets or half-face closed helmets. Significant number of riders use open faced
helmets or hats which could be considered non-standard in terms of safety point of view. (M. F.
Hasan, S. M. S. Mahmud, M. A. Raihan, A. Akter and A. Bhattacharjee, 2022).On contrary,
helmet not worn was the reason for most motorcycle accident severity and fatality in Khulna,
Barisal ,Cumilla, Khulna and Rajshahi. Helmet can be the difference between life, severe injury,
and death if you are in a motorbike accident ( Rinehardt Injury Attorneys,2020).
We therefor hypothesize that:
H2: Riders unwillingness to wear a full-face closed helmet increase the chances of having an
accident