The effect of risk management practice on transportation service safety, the case of jimma zone, south western Ethiopia

Abstract

This paper sought to assess the ef ect of risk management practice on transportation service safety of Jimma zone south western Ethiopia.The researcher used descriptive and explanatory research design. A stratified sampling technique was used to select employees from transport agency and police traf ic and purposive sampling techniques was used to select key informants for interview. The total population of the study were 314. using Yemanes’ sample size determination a sample of 176 respondents were selected. The main instrument for collecting primary data was questionnaire and interview. As secondary data source transportation risk statistics and yearly of icial reports were used. The data was analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistical analysis, descriptive statistical like frequency, mean, standard deviation.Inferential analysis like correlation, regression and ANOVA was used to explain the relationship between independent variable and dependent variable. The findings of the study on the ef ect of transportation risk management practice in terms of establishing the context, risk identification, risk analysis, risk response /risk control/, monitoring and review were poorly practiced, which means the existing risk management practice were not meaningfully contributing to transportation service safety. The study point out transport agency and police traf ic should give attention on the risk management practice through implementing the whole risk management process in order to maintain the risk management practice ef ective and contribute to the improvement of transportation service safety