The ever proliferating traffic accident in Ethiopia has claimed more than 16 thousand lives within the span of three years.
participants and Heads of different stakeholders who attended the discussion forum prepared by Walta Media and Communications(WMC) noted that the accident has reached such an alarming state that it is killining many more lives in such short period of time.
In addition to those who lost lives in the stated period, more than 50 thousand people were compelled to sustain severe physical damage due to this accident.
Participants of the discussion forum have underlined that as the accident is becoming the main cause of human and social chaos, due emphasis should be given to ways to effectively abate it.
As the way driving license is being delivered to trainees is deemed to be one of the causes for the exacerbation of the accident, the government has planned to change the system in the near future.
More than 69 percent of the traffic accident is said to be caused by negligence of the drivers to take the necessary care while they drive over on highways.