Road Traffic Accident in Malaysia: Trends, Selected Underlying, Determinants and Status Intervention

  • Authors

    • Mohd Khairul Amri Kamarudin
    • Noorjima Abd Wahab
    • Roslan Umar
    • Ahmad Shakir Mohd Saudi
    • Muhammad Hafiz Md Saad
    • Nik Rozaireen Nik Rosdi1, Sarah Alisa Abdul Razak
    • Muhamad Murtadha Merzuki
    • Abdul Salam Abdullah
    • Siti Amirah
    • Asyraff Mohd Ridzuan
    2018-12-13
    https://doi.org/10.14419/ijet.v7i4.34.23839
  • Road Accident, determinants, intervention, fatal accident, developing countries.

  • This paper includes review of the trends, selected underlying, determinants and status intervention. The 1.17 million of deaths occur each year worldwide due to road accidents 70 % of which occur in developing countries in the world. 65% of deaths involve pedestrian’s causes, 35 % of which are children. Estimates suggest that 23–34 million people are injured worldwide every year in road crashes. Fatal accidents are among the major factors of death in the world apart from chronic diseases such as stroke, lung infections, respiratory difficulties and heart disease. The rise in fatal accidents in Malaysia is 70%. This study was conducted to study the rate of fatal accidents on roads in the state of Selangor and Perlis based on fatal accident data for a period of five years from 2013 to 2017. The data were analyzed using quantitative methods which took into account the research conducted by researchers last. Based on analyzed data, the state of Selangor recorded the highest accident rate while Perlis state recorded the lowest accident rate. Among other things being studied are factors affecting the rate of road accidents in both states. In conclusion, the traffic, the physical structure of the road and the road users' focus is a factor of road accidents more concentrated in a particular area.

     

     

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    Khairul Amri Kamarudin, M., Abd Wahab, N., Umar, R., Shakir Mohd Saudi, A., Hafiz Md Saad, M., Rozaireen Nik Rosdi1, Sarah Alisa Abdul Razak, N., Murtadha Merzuki, M., Salam Abdullah, A., Amirah, S., & Mohd Ridzuan, A. (2018). Road Traffic Accident in Malaysia: Trends, Selected Underlying, Determinants and Status Intervention. International Journal of Engineering & Technology, 7(4.34), 112-117. https://doi.org/10.14419/ijet.v7i4.34.23839