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<p>Road accidents have been identified as one of the main causes of death and have a significant effect on public health challenges, economic growth and development. The Iraqi transport infrastructure has suffered from the effects of war, carelessness, and lack of investment. As a result, road traffic accidents have increased, and the current efforts to address road safety are minimal in comparison to the growing level of citizen suffering. The objective of this study was to provincially analyze traffic accidents in Iraq using data from 2010 to 2020 to shed light on the current situation. Three key conclusions were made from the results: first, people aged 35 years and under was the age group recorded in the most traffic accidents; second, Al-Najaf province recorded the highest rate of traffic accidents; and third, COVID-19 lockdown in Iraq caused a 28.5 % decline in traffic accidents while fatality and injury rates fell by 28 % and 18.4 % respectively, when comparing with the data of the same period in 2019.</p>
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Road accidents have been identified as one of the main causes of death and have a significant effect on public health challenges, economic growth and development. The Iraqi transport infrastructure has suffered from the effects of war, carelessness, and lack of investment. As a result, road traffic accidents have increased, and the current efforts to address road safety are minimal in comparison to the growing level of citizen suffering. The objective of this study was to provincially analyze traffic accidents in Iraq using data from 2010 to 2020 to shed light on the current situation. Three key conclusions were made from the results: first, people aged 35 years and under was the age group recorded in the most traffic accidents; second, Al-Najaf province recorded the highest rate of traffic accidents; and third, COVID-19 lockdown in Iraq caused a 28.5 % decline in traffic accidents while fatality and injury rates fell by 28 % and 18.4 % respectively, when comparing with the data of the same period in 2019.

Analysis of Road Traffic Accidents Among Iraqi Governorates

Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering

Civil and Environmental Engineering

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Road accidents have been identified as one of the main causes of death and have a significant effect on public health challenges, economic growth and...

Analysis of Road Traffic Accidents Among Iraqi Governorates

Published Online: May 12, 2023

Page range: 134 - 148

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cee-2023-0012

Keywords
Traffic accident, Road safety, Fatality rate, Covid-19, Lockdown

© 2023 Roaa Hamed Latief et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Analysis of Road Traffic Accidents Among Iraqi Governorates

Published Online: May 12, 2023

Page range: 134 - 148

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cee-2023-0012

KeywordsTraffic accident, Road safety, Fatality rate, Covid-19, Lockdown

© 2023 Roaa Hamed Latief et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Traffic accident, Road safety, Fatality rate, Covid-19, Lockdown