Citation

Giri OP, Shahi PB, Poddar S. AIP Conf. Proc. 2023; 2854(1): e030004.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2023, AIP Publishing)

DOI

10.1063/5.0162469

PMID

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Abstract

Road crashes are a leading cause of deaths and severe injuries globally. They are an increasing problem that has immense sectorial and economic impacts. Reducing road traffic crashes (RTCs) is a crucial public safety challenge; therefore, accident analysis has been a burning subject of much research in recent decades. This research aims to analyze RTCs in a Narayanghat to Mugling road segment in Nepal. The data on RTCs, injuries, and fatalities were obtained from the Nepal Traffic Police office. The analysis shows the accident number by year, by month of the year, accidents by time of the day, and the factors responsible for the accidents, like weather and vehicles involved. The analysis further shows the distribution of accidents by the year's seasons. The result revealed that RTCs are relatively higher in extreme weather. As far as vehicle-wise accident rates are concerned, trucks are the riskiest, followed by buses. Accidents are more common at night than during the day. Several factors are responsible for accidents, but drivers' faults, such as reckless driving, reckless overtaking, speed driving, etc., account for 80% of total accidents and are the chief causes of RTCs. The situations suggest the urgent need to address the deteriorating situation in RTCs and the need to take appropriate action.

Language: en