To Identify Different Critical Factors Contributing to Motorcycle Crashes in Peshawar through Questionnaire Survey

Abstract

A Road Traffic Accident (RTAs) is a major social and economic concern in many countries especially in a developing country like Pakistan. As almost all motorcycle riders in Pakistan are self-taught and a lack of proper driving education, trainings and a rider gain his riding experience through trial and error basis. Since the early 60s, attempts have been made to model rider behavior, improve rider safety, enhance training sessions and to provide basic education about traffic rules and regulations. In pursuance to that, understanding of a rider’s behavior and finding the factors contributing to a motorcycle accident, a questionnaire comprising of 31 demographic and accident analysis questions were asked from 1400 respondents in Peshawar, Pakistan and their responses were statistically analyzed using a statistical analysis software namely Stata (Version 12). This research mainly focuses on the study of a rider’s behavior and the identification of important variables that leads to a motorcycle accident. Based on the statistically analyzed results, recommendations to the concern department(s) on the mitigation of motorcycle crash accidents was made. Analysis shows that less experience riders, teen aged riders and high speed of a motorcycle contributes the most in occurrence of an accident.