Abstract:
Safety of the road has measured by road safety indicators. Regretfully, a lot of people are
unaware of how serious the issue is. Most of the time, lack of precise measurements that can
easily and effectively convey the problem's size to them limits their ability to comprehend.
Therefore, road safety measurement tool has required, the study was developed single and
simply understandable tool which known as road safety index (RSI). This study constructed
RSI using several road safety indicators which are classify in to three macro indicators;
human, vehicle and road and its infrastructural factors. The data was conducted with
interviews for drivers, inspection road factors and documented data from Ariba Minch traffic
police and road and transport office and also published and unpublished materials. In order to
the study involved a comprehensive process data preparation, weighting and aggregation
using analytic hieratic process method by develop pairwise matrix for creating weightage of
the indicators and also check the consistence of the values; additionally, data normality
examined in SPSS .The study analysis the value of created tools between 0.6 and 0.8 showed
the city road in safe condition which means the value interpreted in very good level of
services. The RSI also aids in creating an extensive catalog of macro-level metrics for
various uses in road safety, providing a comprehensive overview of road safety performance.
Overall, the research output was a practical and comprehensive tool for measuring road
safety performance, increasing awareness of road safety issues, and providing a framework
for targeted improvements in road safety in Arba Minch City, the study was conclude road
safety factors possible for using to develop road safety index for preset the status of the road
in single value
