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BMC Ophthalmology (2021) 21:148 [https://doi.org/10.1186/s12886-021-01909-3](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12886-021-01909-3)  \nRESEARCH ARTICLE Open Access   \nVisual assessment of commercial drivers in the South West Region of Cameroon  \nBrice Nguedia Vofo 1, Doris Ako Ayuk2, Jacob Pe’er 1, Alain Chichom-Mefire2, Nicholas Tendongfor2 and Eleanor Ngwe Nche 1*  \nAbstract  \nBackground: Driving is a visually intensive task. In Cameroon, where the burden of road traffic deaths is high, visual assessment is not universally performed before the issuance of driver licenses. This study aims to assess the visual status of commercial drivers (CDs) in the southwestern region of Cameroon, and to find its relation to road traffic crashes (RTCs) .  \nMethods: This work was a cross-sectional community-based study on CDs in Limbe and Buea. Questionnaires were used to assess sociodemographic parameters, the incidence of RTCs, and self-reported visual status. Visual acuity (VA) was measured using a standard Snellen chart at 6 m. Statistical analysis was performed using descriptive methods: frequencies, the paired Student’s t-test, and the chi-square test.  \nResults: Two hundred seven CDs were enrolled in this study, all of which were male, with a mean age of 41. 8 ± 12 . 1 years. A total of 15 . 0% had undergone an eye exam prior to licensure, and 3 .4% had undergone an eye exam within the past 10 years. The VA in the better-seeing eye of participants was less than 6/9 and 6/12 in 14 . 1 and 10 . 6% of CDs, respectively. Seventy-five percent of CDs with self-reported poor vision and 95% of CDs with VA \u003C 0.5 had a history of RTCs compared to 55.8% of CDs with self-reported good vision and 55 . 7% of CDs with VA ≥ 0 . 5 (p \u003C 0 . 05) . Injuries from RTCs were more common in CDs with self-reported poor vision (81.1%) and in those with VA \u003C 0.5 (90.5%) compared to CDs who self-reported good vision (55 . 8%) and those with VA ≥ 0 . 5 (55 . 7%) (p \u003C0 . 05) .  \nConclusions: A large proportion of CDs did not undergo a visual assessment before the issuance or renewal of their driver licenses. A substantial number of CDs had poor vision in their better-seeing eye and suffered from RTCs and related injuries, which suggests that the visual status of CDs in Cameroon is related to the gruesome number of road traffic crashes and deaths in the country. Therefore, concerned authorities should consider making vision tests a necessary requirement for the obtention of driver licenses.  \nKeywords: Driving, Visual acuity, Road traffic crashes, Cameroon  \n* Correspondence: [eleanor. nche@gmail.com](eleanor. nche@gmail.com)  \n1Department of Ophthalmology, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, POB 12000, 91120 Jerusalem, Israel  \nFull list of author information is available at the end of the article  \n© The Author(s) . 2021 Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4 . 0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. 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