Trend of Traffic Accident From 2012 Until 2016 Based on The Accident Report Data and Police Investigation Report in Bogor City

Abstract

Background: World Health Organization (WHO) declared a traffic accident could claim about 1,2 millionhuman lives every year and the injured or disabled victim could reach more than 50 million people.Preliminary study results in from Bogor City Police Department showed that there was an increase in trafficaccidents by 100 accidents in 2015 to 148 accidents in 2016.Aim: The purpose of this research is to investigate the trend of traffic accident during five years from 2012until 2016 based on the accident report data and Police Investigation Report of traffic accident from BogorCity Police Department.Methodology: The type of this research is descriptive quantitative by using secondary data. The method oftaking sample in this research is using total sampling technique with the amount of sample 609.Results: The trend of traffic accidents increased from 2012 to 2014 and from 2015 to 2016, decreased from2014 to 2015.Conclusion: The most common accidents occured in the type of motorcycle vehicle with male riders, agedbetween 12 years to 25 years, work as private employee, and have a high school education background. Themost common types of accidents are double at two-way locations at 18.01-24.00 with the impact of injuriesand caused by unskilled drivers.