| Author | Journal | Participants | Causes examined | Key findings relevant to review and method used to investigate | ||||
| Moodley et al. (2008) [19] | Southern African Conference (SATC 2008) | 226 car accidents Pretoria, South Africa | · Car Tyres · Vehicle Windscreen · Headlights | Study of the influence of tyre and windscreen in causing an automobile crash. (They used the statistical method to correlate the vehicle system defects and the rate of accidents in Pretoria) | ||||
| Bureika et al. (2012) [20] | Research Gate | 5000 traffic accidents Republic of Lithuania | · Tyre · Brakes · Suspension System · Lighting System · Steering System | Correlation of vehicle system defect and its impact on the causes of accidents (Statistical analysis of police Republic of Lithuania) | ||||
| Yan et al. (2001) [21] | Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health | commercial vehicles in China | · Unsafe acts and unsafe conditions of commercial vehicles | This study investigated major accidents involving commercial vehicles in China and performed analysis on accident characteristics regarding the time, location, types of vehicles, and accident causation at different levels (Statistical analysis) | ||||
| Hoque and Hasan (2006) [22] | Journal of Civil Engineering | 1011 Vehicle Accidents Involving 1410 Bangladesh | · Tyre burst · Braking failure system · Defective lighting system · Axle failure | Identify the common vehicular defects and their influence on road accidents on a typical national highway of Bangladesh (statistical analysis) | ||||
| Matthew et al. (2015) [23] | Journal of Transport System Engineering | 439 cases of accident Malaysia | Mechanical failures | Identify major cause of mechanical failure among all types of buses (statistical analysis) | ||||
| Ockert et al. (2001) [24] | Accident Analysis and Prevention | 82 vehicles were stopped and tested over a period of 2 days between Pretoria and Pietersburg South Africa | Mechanical failure | Identification of the most prevalent mechanical defect causes (statistical analysis) | ||||
| Goniewicz et al. (2015) [25] | Journal of Transport System Engineering | Accident analysis from 2003-2012 Malaysia | Vehicle mechanical failures | The trends and causes of commercial bus accident referred from database (statistical analysis) | ||||
| Nangana et al. (2016) [26] | Environ Health Prev Med | 144 motor vehicle-related RTA Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo. | Drivers risk factor Overspeeding Overtaking The use of seat belt | The aim of this study was to determine the frequency, causes and human impact of motor vehicle-related RTA (they interviewed declared guilty by road safety agents) | ||||
| Liu, Chen, Zeng, et al. (2018) [27] | PLoS ONE | 346 road accidents China | Professional driver, driving under influence (alcohol or drug), fatigue, vehicle type, overload, brake problem, weather, road classification, terrain, and region | This study investigates risk factors contributing to extremely serious road accidents, which will be crucial for accident prevention (statistical analysis) | ||||
| Fan (2018) [28] | Open Access Library Journal | Shanghai, China | Causation of factors of a traffic incident | Logical relationship between the occurrence of the intersection car accident and the factors such as human, car, road and environment is summarized from the top down to the fault tree model. (fault tree analysis method to perform a logical analysis) | ||||
| Tsala et al. (2016) [29] | Journal of Transportation Technologies | 569 Accidents recorded along a section of 114 km Yaoundé-Douala Cameroon | Signposting along | Highlights the typology of road accidents related to the default of signing for many accidents that have occurred due to imperfect signposting along roads in Cameroon (statistical analysis) | ||||
| Tsala et al. (2021) [30] | Journal of Transportation Technologies | Douala-Dschang Cameroon (382) road accidents reports were collected | Causes of accidents related to speed and carelessness, location of the accident, type of vehicle at fault, day the accident occurred, time of the accident and the age of drivers involved | Aimed at identifying the risk factors that mainly contribute to reckless driving and other related causes of road accidents along the Douala-Dschang highway of Cameroon (statistical analysis) | ||||
| Adhikari (2016) [31] | Open Journal of Civil Engineering | 1530 Accidents were recorded Kathmandu- Bhaktapur road China | Locations with high accident numbers, Causes of accidents | Identify locations with high accident numbers, to investigate possible causes of accidents due to the increase of the Kathmandu-Bhaktapur road (statistical analysis) | ||||
| Okafor et al. (April 2018) [32] |
| 315 questionnaires from long commercial drivers of Benin city Nigeria. | · Ages of drivers and common causes of road traffic accidents examined include careless driving, speed violation, brake failure, traffic violations, faulty overtaking, burst tyre, bad roads, alcohol use | Sampling was done between January to October, 2013 Study instrument used Were; structured interviewer-administered questionnaires and focus group discussion guide | ||||
| Hendricks et al. (2001) [33] | National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (Washington, DC 20590) | Sample of 723 crashes involving 1284 drivers
| · Driver behaviours and · Unsafe driving acts
| Investigated from four different sites in the country, information collected and evaluated included; condition of the vehicles, the crash scene, roadway conditions, driver behaviours and situational factors at the time of the crash (statistical analysis) | ||||
| Min and Ando (2020) [34] | Transportation Research Procedia | A total of 178 residents in Aichi Prefecture who drive for at least 3 hours a day and more than 3 days a week, participated in the research as subjects. Japan | Driving behaviour and drivers behaviour | Focus on dangerous driving events or behaviors which can lead to fatal accidents and analyze their occurrence characteristics and correlation with driver attributes (EDR/IVDR) | ||||
| Wu et al. (2013) [35] | IET Intelligent Transport Systems | A DBEDR was used equipped with a GPS, camera and a USB Taiwan | Behaviours and a danger level | The study used prototype of a driving behaviour-based event data recorder (DBEDR), which provides the information of driving behaviours and a danger level ( the use of (DBEDR) method) | ||||
| Plainis et al. (2006) [36] | www.injuryprevention.com | United kingdom | Luminance of the Traffic road at night and Day | Investigating the role of lumination in the causation of an accident | ||||
| Laure et al. (2016) [37] | Traffic Injury Prevention | 783 professional drivers on the Douala-Yaoundé Cameroon | Consumption of alcohol | The influence of alcohol in professional drivers | ||||
| Wang et al. (2015) [38] | Network of Scientific Journals | Car speed | Overspeeding | Study the internal relation between speed limit and environment constraints | ||||
| Vangi and Virga (2007) [39] | Vehicle System Dynamics | Car tyres | Tyre adhesion on the road wheels | Evaluation of the: coefficient of friction and the stopping capability of a car | ||||
| Shamsul and Rafiqul (2006) [40] | Journal of Civil Engineering | 1011 accidents of a 39km major in Bangladesh | The study of vehicle defects | Identify the common vehicular defects and their influence on road accidents | ||||