A review About Pedestrian Behavior of Road Traffic Accidents in Kurdistan Region of Iraq
Analytical Retrospective Study
10.52845/CMRO/2025/8-6-7
Abstract
Background: Road traffic accidents are responsible for killing more than a million and one-third of individuals were more than half of them were pedestrians and cyclists. Iraqi victims considered this rate, composed of children and old ages, Kurdistan Region Country (KRI) the highest proportion of victims reported in Erbil and Sulaymaniyah.
Objective: This study aimed to identify influenced pedestrians to Road Traffic Accidents (RTAs) in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI), and to explore a new strategy to reduce this subject as a whole.
Methods: A systematic review of collecting studies in the field of KRI influence pedestrians in particular, with identifying risk factors. In this systematic review, numerous risk factors were should be found to be responsible for traffic accidents on pedestrians such as speeding, accident location, alcohol over drink, distraction, law enforcement issues, crossing safely, socioeconomic features and age problems. A new strategy should have been adopted for reducing road traffic accidents, like sharing by teams' ministries of education, entry, health, higher education and organizations to make an applicable proposal to manage and treat this subject.
Conclusion: Environmental and socioeconomic factors, destruction, speed, recklessness, and carelessness, considered a fundamental role in traffic accidents in the KRI.
Keywords: Pedestrian, Road, Traffic, Accidents, Safety.
Keywords
- Pedestrian
- Road Traffic Accidents
- Pedistrians
- Kurdistan Region of Iraq
- Behavior
How to Cite
Hayman MohammedSaeed Rashid . (2025). A review About Pedestrian Behavior of Road Traffic Accidents in Kurdistan Region of Iraq: Analytical Retrospective Study . Journal of Current Medical Research and Opinion , Vol. 8 No. 06 (2025) , 4275-4283 . https://doi.org/10.52845/CMRO/2025/8-6-7