Published June 20, 2018 | Version v1
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Evaluation of Road Traffic Accidents (RTAs) on Hyderabad Karachi M-9 Motorway Section

  • 1. Energy & Environment Department Quaid-e-Awam University of Engineering, Science & Technology Nawabshah, Pakistan aamir_detho@yahoo.com
  • 2. Energy & Environment Department Quaid-e-Awam University of Engineering, Science & Technology Nawabshah, Pakistan sfaizsamo@yahoo.com
  • 3. Energy & Environment Department Quaid-e-Awam University of Engineering, Science & Technology Nawabshah, Pakistan mukwana_99@yahoo.com
  • 4. Electrical Engineering Department Quaid-e-Awam University College of Engineering, Science & Technology Larkana, Pakistan kamransamo2@gmail.com
  • 5. Energy & Environment Department Quaid-e-Awam University of Engineering, Science & Technology Nawabshah, Pakistan asifsiyal2007@quest.edu.pk

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Pakistan is a developing country and its development depends upon its transports facilities. This paper describes the findings of a survey for the evaluation of road traffic accidents (RTAs) that focused on the Hyderabad-Karachi M-9 Motorway section. The objectives of the survey are the collection the data of traffic accidents including the human and property losses and the evaluation of RTAs causes. During a two year period (i.e. 2015 and 2016) it was revealed that 145 RTAs occurred on the motorway. In those RTAs, 109 persons died and 293 got injured and 251 vehicles were damaged. High risk

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