Abstract
The research aims to study the distribution of deaths in traffic accidents according to the governorates of Iraq for the year 2023 and their variation from one place to another and study their concentration, as the deaths were concentrated in Baghdad Governorate by (20.37%) of the total deaths in Iraq due to the population weight formed by the governorate as the capital and the increasing huge numbers of vehicles of various kinds, and the percentage of deaths in traffic accidents constituted (4.1) of the total public deaths in Iraq, and the study showed that the causal death rate reached (1.8), which is approximately 2 cases. Traffic accident deaths per 100,000 population, and the study showed that the relative distribution between area and deaths appeared ideally in the governorates of (Diyala, Wasit) while the other governorates were closer or less than ideal.
Keywords
(Geographical Distribution, Traffic Accident Deaths, Iraq in 2023, Traffic Accidents).
Article Type
Article
First Page
188
Last Page
202
Publication Date
3-15-2026
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Recommended Citation
Nasir, Abeer Falih Dheyeab
(2026)
"Geographical Distribution of Traffic Accident Deaths In Iraq for the 2023 Year,"
Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences: Vol. 65:
Iss.
1, Article 13.
DOI: 10.36473/2518-9263.2460
Available at:
https://alustath.uobaghdad.edu.iq/journal/vol65/iss1/13