TRAFFIC FATALITY CAUSES AND TRENDS IN MALAYSIA

TRAFFIC FATALITY CAUSES Akmal Abdelfatah AND TRENDS IN MALAYSIA . TRAFFIC FATALITY CAUSES . AND TRENDS IN MALAYSIA . by Akmal Abdelfatah Civil Engineering Department, American University of Sharjah Abstract Relative to its population, MALAYSIA has one of the highest TRAFFIC FATALITY rates in the world. This paper analyzes Malyasian TRAFFIC accidents and FATALITY rate TRENDS in an effort to (1) understand how private vehicle use patterns affect FATALITY rates, and (2) explore policy changes that might reduce the number of TRAFFIC fatalities in Malaysian cities. Private vehicles in MALAYSIA , passenger cars and motorcycles represent more than 90 percent of all registered vehicles. Only percent of accidents involve motorcycles and yet, motorcyclists comprise a staggering 60 percent of all TRAFFIC fatalities. The trend for the rate of fatalities per 100,000 Malaysians shows almost a constant value over the study period. There is a decreasing trend, however, when considering the FATALITY rate per 100,000 registered vehicles.

Nov 15, 2014 · non-motorized trips through the simultaneous consideration of land use and transportation planning, although they did not consider the safety impacts of such strategies. Finally, Abdelfatah et al. [17] concluded that tougher penalties and more strict traffic regulations could significantly reduce the number of traffic accidents.

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