வீதி விபத்துக்கள் பற்றிய ஆய்வு: அம்பாரை பொலிஸ் பிரிவில் இடம்பெற்ற வீதி விபத்துக்களை மையப்படுத்திய ஒரு பகுப்பாய்வு

Abstract

The road accidents became as a serious public hazard in all over the world, especially in the developing countries. This study focuses on road accidents which mainly damaged and highly affected the mankind in Sri Lanka. Thus, this study aimed to analyze the trend of road accident occurred in the Ampara police division in Sri Lanka. As it is a qualitative research, the primary data have mainly been gathered from unstructured interview, and the most relevant data have been collected from annual police accident report, literatures, other accident reports and print media news. The police report covered the period from 2011 to 2016 June. Through the in-depth accidents analysis, the study found that the accidents in the Ampara police area mostly occurred during the year 2015 significantly, and the trend of accident has been increasing continuously in the same period due to many reasons such as recklessness of the driver, negligent of the driver, indiscipline driving, lack of knowledge on road rules and regulations, a speeding, not wearing the safety belt and helmet, pedestrians not following road rules, not knowing the meanings of the different road signs markings signals etc. However, this study need to be extended in future in the study region as well as in the other parts of the Island in order to explore more or different causes and factors that determine the ratio of road accident accordingly.