Road Transport and Traffic System, and Safety Problems in Ethiopia: the Two Decades Experiences
Road transport and traffic system, and safety problems in Ethiopia:
The two decades Experiences
Prepared for 9th International Conference on The Ethiopian Economy
“We must now use every day to act on road safety, and implement effective sustainable action to prevent injury and death on the world’s roads.” Dr Lee Jong-wook, director-general,
World Health Organization
Prepared By: Temesgen Aklilu, (MA, BA)
(Mobile: 0911228931)
March, 2011
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
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Pictorial description of some of the accidents in Oromia Eastern Shoa and West Arsi zones
(A loss of economically active life and property damage that imported with foreign currency).
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I. Introduction:
Road transport can contribute to the socioeconomic development of our country through facilitating movement of goods and people, opening up isolated areas, and promoting trade. Intricate movement patterns involve short, medium, and long distances, different modes of transport, and interaction within and between different places in the country. The numbers of motor vehicles, volume of road traffic, and utilization of the road by different road users in the country have grown noticeably. These transport characteristics indicate the need to pay adequate attention to safety measures in road transport development, especially safety of urban and rural communities living within the vicinity of roads.
Motor vehicles play an important traffic accident role in transporting goods and people, and as such have an impact on GDP (Gross Domestic Product). However, as the number of motor vehicles on the roads increases, there is more potential for road accidents to occur in terms of vehicle-vehicle conflicts or vehicle-pedestrian conflicts.
Road safety is no accident: it is the result of deliberate efforts by many sectors of society, both governmental and nongovernmental, that have acknowledged it to be an important traffic accident and valuable public good and have developed
The two decades Experiences
Prepared for 9th International Conference on The Ethiopian Economy
“We must now use every day to act on road safety, and implement effective sustainable action to prevent injury and death on the world’s roads.” Dr Lee Jong-wook, director-general,
World Health Organization
Prepared By: Temesgen Aklilu, (MA, BA)
(Mobile: 0911228931)
March, 2011
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
[pic]
Pictorial description of some of the accidents in Oromia Eastern Shoa and West Arsi zones
(A loss of economically active life and property damage that imported with foreign currency).
[pic]
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I. Introduction:
Road transport can contribute to the socioeconomic development of our country through facilitating movement of goods and people, opening up isolated areas, and promoting trade. Intricate movement patterns involve short, medium, and long distances, different modes of transport, and interaction within and between different places in the country. The numbers of motor vehicles, volume of road traffic, and utilization of the road by different road users in the country have grown noticeably. These transport characteristics indicate the need to pay adequate attention to safety measures in road transport development, especially safety of urban and rural communities living within the vicinity of roads.
Motor vehicles play an important traffic accident role in transporting goods and people, and as such have an impact on GDP (Gross Domestic Product). However, as the number of motor vehicles on the roads increases, there is more potential for road accidents to occur in terms of vehicle-vehicle conflicts or vehicle-pedestrian conflicts.
Road safety is no accident: it is the result of deliberate efforts by many sectors of society, both governmental and nongovernmental, that have acknowledged it to be an important traffic accident and valuable public good and have developed