April 1, 2019 Thesis Open Access

Sertse Zemelak

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{
  "DOI": "10.20372/nadre:3782", 
  "author": [
    {
      "family": "Sertse Zemelak"
    }
  ], 
  "issued": {
    "date-parts": [
      [
        2019, 
        4, 
        1
      ]
    ]
  }, 
  "abstract": "<p>This study examines the cause and consequences of RTA in Addis Ababa from 2013/14 - 2017/18<br>\nand aimed at recommending policy directions. The methodology used is descriptive research<br>\ndesign. Based on the study the main cause for the accidents is found to be human factor particularly<br>\nrelated with over speeding of drivers. Other factors like infrastructure, environment and vehicular<br>\nfactor contributed less than 10% of the accidents. The main victims of the accidents are pedestrians<br>\nthat are youth working groups of the society aged 18-30. To reduce the problem the government<br>\nhas set different institutions and legislations. However, the number of accidents has shown no sign<br>\nof decrease over the past five years. The lack of proper knowledge on traffic safety, research based<br>\nlegislation, poor enforcement of the legislation, lack of coordination and inadequate emergency<br>\nmedical services contributed for the increasing number of accidents. By looking at the gaps of<br>\nsome of the legislative, institutional and policy measures of the government policy<br>\nrecommendations are given to reduce the extent of the problem.</p>", 
  "title": "Causes, Consequences and Policy Directions of Addis Ababa Road Traffic Accidents", 
  "type": "thesis", 
  "id": "3782"
}