Abstract:
Road Traffic Accidents are the foremost causes of death and disability globally, with a top-heavy number
occurring in developing countries. Road Traffic Accidents are currently ranked ninth globally amongst the
leading causes of disability adjusted life years lost and the ranking is anticipated to rise to rank third by 2020.
Over 1.2 million people die every year in the world’s roads, and between 20 and 50 million grieve non-fatal
injuries. The direct financial costs of global road crashes have been estimated at US$ 518 billion, with the costs
in low-income countries – estimated at US$ 65 billion.aim of this study is to assess Road Traffic Accident related
issues of Addis Ababa City in terms of time and space from 2018 to 2022. The pivotal data necessary for the study
was collected from the daily Road Traffic Accident records format of the city. Furthermore, additional
information required for the study was collected through interviewing traffic police officers. The locations of
frequent Road Traffic Accident occurrences were specified using Google Earth. The X - Y coordinates of Road
Traffic Accident Spots were added to Arc GIS 9 software via DNRGPS 6.0.0.8 Application software. Data
analysis was made using Arc GIS 9 and SPSS version 19. The results were presented in the form of line graphs,
crosstabs, column graphs, pie charts, figures and spatial and spatio-temporal maps. The result of the study
revealed that, 38417 Road Traffic Accidents have occurred in the city in the study period. About 9401 people
became Road Traffic Accident casualties and road crashes cost the city ETB 15,265,369.6 from 2018 to 2022.
Unevenly distributed 1161 spatially identified Road Traffic Accidents have occurred in 247 different Road Traffic
Accident spots of the city in the study period. Besides, 34 Road Traffic Accident Black Spots, top 10 as well as 4
consistent Road Traffic Accident Black Spots have been identified in the city. It was concluded that, the frequency
of occurrence of Road Traffic Accidents and number of casualties is escalating from time to time and the city is
losing a lot of its financial wealth due to Road Traffic Accidents. As a result, road users must be made aware of
the disaster, road infrastructure should be developed, stakeholders should significantly participate in road safety
management and authorities should take actions to curb the anguish of Road Traffic Accidents in Addis Ababa
City.
