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Sertse Zemelak
{ "description": "<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>", "license": "http://www.opendefinition.org/licenses/cc-by", "creator": [ { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sertse Zemelak" } ], "headline": "Causes, Consequences and Policy Directions of Addis Ababa Road Traffic Accidents", "image": "https://zenodo.org/static/img/logos/zenodo-gradient-round.svg", "datePublished": "2019-04-01", "url": "https://nadre.ethernet.edu.et/record/3782", "@context": "https://schema.org/", "identifier": "https://doi.org/10.20372/nadre:3782", "@id": "https://doi.org/10.20372/nadre:3782", "@type": "ScholarlyArticle", "name": "Causes, Consequences and Policy Directions of Addis Ababa Road Traffic Accidents" }
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