Abstract
Transport systems provide mobility, access and other benefits such as facilitating the productivity of the other sectors of the economy. However, it also the main causes fatalities, injuries and property damage. This needs proper management of the system. The objective of this study was to find out the causes and the consequences of road traffic accident in Gamo Gofa Zone. For this end the questionnaire was distributed to 324 respondents and also the interview was conducted to passengers, officers and personal observations were implemented. Further road accident-related traffic police and transport and road development department as the secondary sources and the simple random sampling was used. The analysis was done by employing descriptive statistics. The results accomplished from the descriptive analysis were shown that a combination of different factors and actors in the transport sector has massively contributed to the incidence of road traffic accident in Gamo Gofa Zone. Some of these include drivers’ mistakes resulted from behavioral problems, wrong crossing of the road by pedestrians and not giving priorities to vehicles and poor traffic regulation enforcement. Implementing different awareness raising mechanisms for the communities, capacity building and proper regulation enforcement mechanisms are suggested to decrease accidents in the zone. Keywords: - Accident, Causes, Consequences, transport system, management DOI : 10.7176/EJBM/11-28-03 Publication date :October 31 st 2019
Highlights
It is not surprising to find that considerable resources continue to be expended by government agencies in the planning and development of more effective transportation services for transportation is a fundamental function of human society (Fanueal, S. 2006)
1.3 Objectives of the Study 1.3.1 General Objective of the Study The general objective of this study was to assess the causes of road traffic accident and its consequences on the life and property of the community in Gamo Gofa Zone over the period of 2004-2018. 1.3.2 Specific Objective of the Study The thesis was bounded by specific objectives as follows
The fleet problem shows, for example, the report indicates that 400% increase in road deaths in Nigeria between the years of 1960s and1980s.As road traffic Management Corporations aid recorded, reported data from developing countries show that it is only when a development threshold is achieved that the road mortality starts to decrease
Summary
Background of the Study One of the Inverse impacts of transport service is a traffic accident. It is mostly caused by over speeding of vehicles. It is not surprising to find that considerable resources continue to be expended by government agencies in the planning and development of more effective transportation services for transportation is a fundamental function of human society This section was shown that the analysis and findings of passengers and drivers on assessment of the causes of road accident and its consequences on the life and property of the community in the Gamo Gofa Zone. There were passengers and 90 drivers participated in the study.
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