Road Accidents of Arba Minch town in Ethiopia: an Empirical Study
| International Journal of Civil Engineering |
| © 2017 by SSRG - IJCE Journal |
| Volume 4 Issue 3 |
| Year of Publication : 2017 |
| Authors : Jemal Bedane Halkiyo, Sultan Bedane Halkiyu, Dr.Raju Ramesh Reddy |
10.14445/23488352/IJCE-V4I3P107
How to Cite?
Jemal Bedane Halkiyo, Sultan Bedane Halkiyu, Dr.Raju Ramesh Reddy, "Road Accidents of Arba Minch town in Ethiopia: an Empirical Study," SSRG International Journal of Civil Engineering, vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 26-30, 2017. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/23488352/IJCE-V4I3P107
Abstract:
Road accidents are unexpected incidents which took place in the urban areas very frequently that leads to lot of property damages, injuries and deaths. Due to various commercial and business activities, the vehicles in the urban areas will maintain high speed and too much over takings, resulting more number of accidents in short span. Moreover, the rapid urbanization, Industrialization and migration along with other social changes have resulted in increasing necessity for travel across all age groups in the entire country. With poor public transportation systems and inability of people to afford cars, the personal modes of transport have increased across the Ethiopian country and in rural areas. Road deaths are growing in Ethiopia day by day with lack of road safety. The various factors associated for the collision of vehicles are due to over speed, overtaking, vehicle condition, poor road Geometric design, driver skills, negligence and behavior, absence of street lights, violation of traffic rules and regulations, etc. The present study is aimed to analyze the traffic accidents in Arba Minch town of Ethiopia from the data collected at various traffic police stations in the jurisdiction of Arba Minch. A multiple regression equation is developed to analyze the rate of accidents in Arba Minch with various influencing parameters such as poor geometric design, vehicular defects, over takings, violation of traffic rules and environmental factors. It was observed that the rates of accidents are more predominant with traffic violations and over takings of vehicles.
Keywords:
Rate of accidents, Age group, Human factors, over takings, Geometric design elements, Speed of vehicles, Driver behavior, Road safety.
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