The causal Attribution of road Traffic Accident among victims and drivers in case of Gondar town,North West Ethiopia.

Abstract

This study was conducted to explore the causal attribution of drivers and victims of road traffic accident in Gondar town. We used exploratory qualitative research method with eight participants including 4 drivers, 3 victims and 1 traffic police and which was selected using purposive sampling method.The result of this study finally conclude that, Most of the participants attribute for the road traffic accident to external factors than internal factors. These were bad weather condition, bad road conditions and failure to put symbols on difficult roads.

Key words: attribution, road traffic accident, victims, drivers