Technology and data can play a critical role in reducing road traffic accident frequency and injury severity in the event of a crash. It also can help to facilitate reporting in a efficient manner. Ethiopia can benefit from Transport Management System (TMS) to empower citizens, design efficient strategies and policies.

1. Traffic
Accident Real
Time Tracking
Ethiopia
FREHIWOT G. ARAYA
fregbree@gmail.com

2. Overview
Although the road transport sector is known to be crucial for the overall development of a
country, if it is not managed in an organized and coordinated manner, it can have a
negative impact as much as its positive services.
The number of fatalities due to traffic accidents has been reduced by an average of 6
percent per year from 65/10,000 in 2014/15 to 34.4 / 10,000 in 2019/20.

3. Traffic
accident
trend-
Ethiopia
Deaths: 4479
Serious Injuries: 7486
Slight Injuries: 7435
2016
Deaths: 5118
Serious Injuries: 7754
Slight Injuries: 775
2017
Deaths: 4597
Serious Injuries: 7407
Slight Injuries: 5949
2018
UNECA Road Safety Performance Review Ethiopia, 2020

4. Causes of traffic accidents
According to 2014/2015- 2016/17 study, the
main causes of traffic accidents I the country
are:
The data is collected manually from each
traffic police reporting

5. Some Strategies Used to Educate The Public
We will get there!
Maximum Speed 30km/ hour!
30 is set for a reason!
Buckle up your seat belt for
your own safety

6. Proposed Real Time Driver
Misconduct and Traffic
Accident Data collection
Technology can play a critical role in reducing road traffic
accident frequency and injury severity in the event of a crash. It
also can help to facilitate reporting in a efficient manner.
However, in Ethiopia the use of technologies in the transport
system in general is very limited.

7. Ethiopian Transport
Management System (TMS)
- Simple Mobile application with the following
features
◦ Multiple language options (English and local languages
(Amharic, Oromigna, Tigrigna)
◦ Personal account
◦ Updated information of public transport tariff,
◦ Reporting mechanism with scanner to capture license
plates
◦ Tracking on reporting

8. Ethiopian Transport Management System

9. Ethiopian Transport Management System

10. Ethiopian Transport
Management System
- Advantage
 It empowers citizens by directly linking them with authority.
 It allows direct reporting of misconduct of public service providers,
 It allows overloading of taxies beyond their capacity,
 It allows reporting of accident while it happen, hence accurate identification of causes
of the accident,
 Helps in policy and strategy design to tackle traffic accident causes,

11. Thank you!