Socio-psychological effects of passenger road transport: Case of road congestion and road transport accidents in the city of Bamako

Abstract

Road transport ensures almost all the movement of people and their goods in the megacities of developing countries and the city of Bamako is no exception to this rule. Traffic congestion and road transport accidents have social and psychological effects on citizens. The objective of this paper is to analyze the socio-psychological effects of transport taking into account road transport accidents and congestion in the Bamako City. The methodological approach is based on a literature review of doctoral theses, scientific articles, activity reports and websites. A quantitative study was carried out on the basis of a survey of 50 stakeholders. A qualitative study was carried out using an interview guide with 11 people to verify the results of the quantitative study. The results of the study showed that road congestion and road transport accidents have a major impact on the social and psychological well-being of the citizens of the city of Bamako. Similarly, the results indicated that more than 90% of those surveyed thought that the major socio-psychological effects of road transport were loss of human life, 100% of respondents; trauma due to accidents, 95.65%; personal injury and disability of accident victims, 91.3% of respondents. The measures to mitigate these effects are compliance with traffic regulations, 100% of respondents; installation of surveillance equipment on the roads, 91.3%; clearing the roadsides and strict application of the law, 91.3%. The main limitation of the research remains the failure to analyze the costs of congestion and traffic accidents in the District of Bamako.

Key words: social effects; psychological effects; congestion; accidents; Bamako.

Classification JEL :  B55, D91, E71, R41

Paper type : Empirical Research