Statistical Analysis of Defects Causing Traffic Accidents in Türkiye

Road traffic accidents can result in death, injury, financial loss and moral damage and pose a major problem. Traffic accidents, which are recognized as a social problem all over the world and whose causes include many interrelated factors, need to be addressed in a multidisciplinary manner. Safe traffic is a right for everyone. In this direction, many studies in the international literature and traffic accident data in Türkiye were examined in this study, which was prepared to understand the factors that cause traffic accidents, prevent traffic accidents and ensure safe traffic in full. In this study, according to the records of the General Directorate of Security on traffic accidents with fatalities and injuries occurring in Türkiye between 2013 and 2021, five main defects causing traffic accidents, namely “Driver”, “Passenger”, “Pedestrian”, “Road” and “Vehicle”, and a total of 69 sub-defects belonging to these main defects were analyzed. Statistical analysis of the relationship between these defects was performed with One Way Anova and Kruskal Wallis methods. The study also presents recommendations on strategies to improve traffic safety at local and global level for traffic accidents, which is an important health and social policy issue that concerns the whole world today.