While low and middle income countries account for 54% of world’s registered vehicles, every year about 90% of road traffic deaths occur in these countries showing that the countries bear an asymmetrical number of deaths corresponding to their level of motorization. If business as a usual continuous, according to WHO, “road traffic injuries are estimated to be the ninth leading cause of death across all age groups globally, and are predicted to be the seventh-leading contributor to the global burden of disease and injury by 2030.” Principally, injured people have occupied 30 to 70 percent of orthopedic beds in developing countries hospitals. According to the World Health Organization (hereafter WHO) report, every year more than 1.25 million people now die on the world’s road and about 50 million people are injured or disabled as a result of road traffic crashes. Particularly, nowadays, road traffic accident has been both public health and development issue and attracted the attention of governments, civil society organizations, and business and community leaders alike throughout the world. Due to road traffic accidents, a greater part of road users could not return to home: farewell this world for once and all, spent long days, weeks, months, and even years in health centers and/or hospitals, and never be able to work or play as they used to do before. Vehicle is one of the most widely used transport alternative and the major source of road traffic accidents in the world. IntroductionĮverybody travels from one place to another place either to work or to do business or to study or to enjoy using various transport options. Key Words: Road traffic accidents, deaths, serious and slight injuries, property damage, economic costs, development 1. So as to reduce fatalities and injuries on Ethiopian roads, the essay recommends that road safety policy and law enforcement capacity building, education, and awareness creation and cooperation and integration between and/or among all transport stakeholders should be the focus of Ethiopian government. Human errors (mainly drivers’ behavior and actions) are found as the major cause of road traffic accident in Ethiopia. The finding also showed that male road users who are in their productive age group are disproportionately affected by road traffic injuries. The study showed that alike any developing countries, pedestrians and passengers are found to be the most vulnerable and hardest hit segment of road users. On the other hand, Addis Ababa city administration is found as a major contributor of serious and slight injuries as well as property damages. The study found that at national level, on average road traffic injuries are increasing from year to year where Oromia regional state is the major contributor of total fatalities occurred in the past decade. Data were obtained from Federal Police Commission and Federal Road Authority and analyzed using descriptive statistics. The essay used data on road traffic accidents in Ethiopia for the period 2006 –2015. Despite efforts made by various stakeholders to reduce the massacre on Ethiopian roads, road traffic accidents have been a serious health development issue in the country. This paper assesses the trends, causes, and costs of road traffic accidents in Ethiopia. Number of Cars and Road Traffic Accidents in Regions Cost of Road Traffic Accident in Ethiopiaġ1. Socio-Economic Cost of Road Traffic AccidentĨ.1 Trends of Road Traffic Accident in EthiopiaĨ.1.1 Trends in Accidents that Resulted in DeathĨ.1.2 Trend in Road Traffic Accidents that Resulted in Serious InjuriesĨ.1.3 Road Traffic Accidents that Resulted in Slight InjuriesĨ.1.4 Road Accidents that Resulted in Property DamageĨ.1.5 Trends in Number of Persons Died Due to Road Traffic AccidentsĨ.1.7 Number of Persons Seriously Injured by SexĨ.1.8 Road Traffic Accidents by Drivers AgeĨ.1.9 Road Traffic Accidents by Driving LicenseĨ.1.10 Age and Sex of Drivers Affected by Road Traffic AccidentĨ.1.11 Pedestrians Affected by Road Traffic AccidentsĨ.1.12 Passengers Affected by Road Traffic Accidentsġ0. 5.2.1 System theory to understand the causesĥ.2.2 Risk Theory to Understand the CauseĦ.
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