The nature and socio - economic impacts of road accidents in Morogoro municipality, Tanzania
| dc.contributor.author | NSELU, JONAS OBADIA | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-05-19T05:40:26Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-05-19T05:40:26Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2006 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Road accidents have been seen as a major source of deaths and injuries among road users in Tanzania. Following these road accidents many Tanzanians have lost their lives, some got permanent disabilities and some lost their valuable property. The government has been incurring a lot of resources in treating injured persons out of these accidents. The main objective of this research was to find the nature and socio - economic impacts of road accidents to road users. The findings indicate that there are various causes of road accidents among them are human factors, defectiveness of the motor vehicles and poor roads. Drivers and other road users have been not obeying the road laws and regulations which are the basic tool for road safety in Tanzania. The provided statistics show how seriously the issue of road accidents in Tanzania is. Apart from these losses, there is another immeasurable loss which is the loss of human life. The most affected group is the group of passengers and pedestrians followed by bicyclists, drivers, motorcyclists and lastly push cart operators. Road accidents which involve buses i.e. (passengers cars) are the most dangerous, because there is a high possibility of killing and injuring a big number of people compared to non-passenger vehicles. Following the impacts or the problem of road accidents in Tanzania, the government through the National Road Safety Council of Tanzania (NRSCT), the Police Force (PF) and other non-governmental organizations have been taking various measures to curb the problem. So far the awareness of road traffic laws and regulations through education to road users has shown a positive role towards the problem. That all governmental, non-governmental organizations and the individuals should participate fully in fighting against road accidents. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://www.suaire.sua.ac.tz/handle/123456789/6734 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Sokoine University of Agriculture | |
| dc.subject | Road accident | |
| dc.subject | Road accident impact | |
| dc.title | The nature and socio - economic impacts of road accidents in Morogoro municipality, Tanzania | |
| dc.type | Thesis |