Road Traffic Accident

Bashir Arabi  Yousef

Bashir Arabi Yousef Department of Civil Engineering, University of Tripoli

الملخص

Road traffic accidents are considered the most important general health concern, as it results in numerous injuries and deaths worldwide. Libya is one among the nation which experiences the highest rate of such accidents. Thus the traffic agencies and public concentrates at the measures to reduce such accident severity in order to reduce the fatality rate. This paper reviews various factors and statistics related to road accidents occurred in various countries and also studies different safety measures suggested by researchers.