• Dr SS. Manugula
• Gamachu Busa Meskele

Abstract: One of the inputs for the economic development of a country is the expansion of the road network, which is important for the transportation of people and freights from place to place. With this expansion, the occurrences of road traffic accidents in terms of pedestrian crashes are increasing in all parts of the world from time to time killing the lives of many people and damaging properties. This problem is growing at an alarming rate in sub-Saharan African countries like Ethiopia. Therefore, this study aims to assess the influencing factors and Contributing Causes of pedestrian crashes at both intersections and along roadways using Regression Analysis. The study area was conducted in the East Wallaga Zone, Nekemt town of Ethiopia in Oromia National Regional State. The pedestrian crash data recorded between September, (2008) to January 2011 were collected from the Nekemte traffic police office and used for regression analysis. Besides, a field survey was made to observe the road segments with high pedestrian volume and pedestrian crashes were selected by using a purposive sampling Technique. This research study found that there was a significant increase in terms of the number of deaths occurring due to pedestrian crashes as a result of the increase in the coverage of road crashes and their consequences. The major causes of pedestrian crashes include Pedestrian and road characteristics, land use, light and weather conditions, crash location, and speed. The result showed that Road condition, Human factor, shoulder, carriageway, roadways, and Volume of traffic have a strong correlation with pedestrian crashes occurring while driver skill and age of the driver have a low correlation with road traffic accidents.

Crashes, pedestrian crashes, pedestrian volume, prediction, traffic safety.

"Evaluation of the influencing factors and causes of pedestrian crashes at both intersections and along roadways using Regression Analysis: A case of Nekemte ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 2, page no.f225-f234, February-2024, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2402529.pdf

"Evaluation of the influencing factors and causes of pedestrian crashes at both intersections and along roadways using Regression Analysis: A case of Nekemte ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 2, page no. ppf225-f234, February-2024, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2402529.pdf