The purposes of this study were to 1) Investigate causes of car accident 2) Study principals of Buddhism for the application in car accident the prevention of car accident 3) Investigate opinions of car users in the central part of Thailand in the aspect of preparation for personal prevention of car accident, and 4) Construct and evaluate the model for the prevention of car accident using applied principals of Buddhism. In this study, there were three phases of data gathering 1) The collection of quantitative data from 6 target groups which totally consisted of 52 persons 2) The collection of quantitative data from the sample of 399 car users in 12 provinces of the central of Thailand, and 3) The utilization of the collected data in the construction of the model, and the evaluation of model by the board for investigation and evaluation of the model for the prevention of car accident using principals of Buddhism. The results of the study were as follows:
1) Causes of car accident were carelessness, selfishness, disobedience against traffic rules, restlessness and other poor conditions of driver, poor conditions of car, lacking of the realization in driving car safely, and the realization about casualties occurred from car accident.
2) Principals of Buddhism which could be applies in the prevention of car accident were classified in to 4 group i.e. (1) Basic principals of Buddhism for self development (2) Essential principals of Buddhism using for driving (3) Principals of Buddhism in the mentality aspect, and (4) principals of Buddhism in the practical aspect.
3) Awareness and realization of car users in the central part of Thailand on preparation for accident prevention.
4) The result of the investigation and the evaluation of the model in the aspect of usefulness, feasibility, and appropriateness, as a whole, was at maximum level.
