Assessment of Road Traffic Crash Data Collection and Management System of Ethiopia.
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2015-12
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Addis Ababa University
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Crash reports and statistics of roads, generally, are of importance to many organizations and institutions; the output of the reports/ statistics will help decision makers in the field of road safety, in adopting a suitable safety program consistent with the actual size of the problem.
However, without reliable and detailed Crash data recorded over a long period of time, it is unthinkable to make an in-depth Crash analysis and be aware of the magnitude of the problem. In general, without the basis of a dependable Crash data recording system there could be no effective road safety work in any country.
This research thesis focuses on investigating the road traffic Crash data collection and management system of Ethiopia and suggests a standard and consistent method of reporting system based on the practice employed in various countries in the world.
To meet these objective, current situation of Crash Data Collection and Management System of Addis Ababa City Administration, Amhara, Benishangul-Gumuz, Oromia and Southern Nations, Nationalities and People’s (SNNP) Regions has been assessed. These four regions and the city administration constitute more than 83% of the overall road traffic Crash of the country in the last 11 years (2003/2004-2013/2014). The assessment is carried out mainly based on the best practices of United States of America’s Model Minimum Uniform Crash Criteria (MMUCC, 2012) Guideline and WHO’s (2010) Road safety data System manual. Moreover, Epi Info™ 3.5 software is used to create police road Crash data collection forms to the country.
When the police Crash data collection forms assessed based on MMUCC guide line the percentage of compliance level were only 23%. Moreover, when police Crash data collection forms assessed based on WHO’s Road safety data System manual, percentage of compliance level were limited to 29% only.
Consequently, this study has found major deficiencies of the existing road traffic Crash data collection and management system and discovered that the current system could not serve the needs of all stakeholders. Subsequently, the paper proposed specific recommendations to overcome such limitations. Based on the shortfalls of the existing data elements and best practices of other countries, road traffic Crash reporting (recording) form was created by using Epi Info™ 3.5 software, which enables users even to record the data in softcopy in addition to collecting and managing the data in hard copy. The application of the established police road Crash data collection forms and road traffic Crash statistics forms will bring improvement in road traffic safety and it will act as a valuable instrument for the creation of comprehensive, reliable and accurate road traffic Crash database.
Key Words: Ethiopia, Road Crash Data, Minimum Data Elements, Police Road Crash Data Collection Forms.
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Ethiopia; Road Crash Data; Minimum Data Elements; Police Road Crash Data Collection Forms