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Causes, Consequences and Policy Directions of Addis Ababa Road Traffic Accidents
Sertse Zemelak
This study examines the cause and consequences of RTA in Addis Ababa from 2013/14 - 2017/18
and aimed at recommending policy directions. The methodology used is descriptive research
design. Based on the study the main cause for the accidents is found to be human factor particularly
related with over speeding of drivers. Other factors like infrastructure, environment and vehicular
factor contributed less than 10% of the accidents. The main victims of the accidents are pedestrians
that are youth working groups of the society aged 18-30. To reduce the problem the government
has set different institutions and legislations. However, the number of accidents has shown no sign
of decrease over the past five years. The lack of proper knowledge on traffic safety, research based
legislation, poor enforcement of the legislation, lack of coordination and inadequate emergency
medical services contributed for the increasing number of accidents. By looking at the gaps of
some of the legislative, institutional and policy measures of the government policy
recommendations are given to reduce the extent of the problem.
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- April 1, 2019
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