Open Access
American Research Journal of Business and Management
ISSN (Online): 2379-1047
DOI: 10.46568/arjbm
Review of Road Traffic Accident Burdensin Transportation Sector of Ethiopia
Abstract
The transportation sector has a very immense role in the economic development of a given country. Because, human
beings’ day-to-day activities are highly depends on the transport service. But this sector has its own drawbacks, like
given in this paper.
Keywords: traffic, traffic accidents, fatality, injury
road traffic crashes and environmental pollution. In Ethiopia, the road transport sector is poor in terms of quality and
service delivery systems. Due to this, the frequent occurrence of road traffic crashes has been recorded in the country
continuously. To that end, mainly this paper was intended to review road traffic accident burdens in the transportation
sector of Ethiopia. In detail, reviewing the costs of road traffic accidents, the causing factors of road traffic accidents, the
types of vehicles highly involved in road traffic accidents, and the victim groups of communities affected by road traffic
accidents at the national level were the specific objectives of this paper. Meanwhile, all road traffic accident data found
in Ethiopia from the federal police commission report papers, journal articles, and dissertation papers were used for
analysis purposes. Besides, the collected data were presented in tables and figures. Furthermore, the data was analyzed
and interpreted based on a descriptive research design. Finally, the result of this review shows that trends of road traffic
accidents in Ethiopia have been increasing over time by killing, injuring people and damaging resources. Drivers’ bad
behaviors, low know-how of road users, poor road infrastructure, old vehicle conditions, and environmental factors
are aggravating the occurrence of road traffic accidents in the country. Thus, to tackle this problem, educating people,
enforcing traffic laws, enhancing engineering measures, and giving emergency responses were the recommendations
