Project proposal on Intra City Road Accident

Submitted By

MD Fahad Hossen- 18303063

MD Saker Abdullah- 20103033

Farzana Yasmin- 19203033

Submitted To

DR. MD. Moniruzzaman

Subject

BUS- 302- Research Methods in Business

 Letter of Transmittal

May 11, 2020

DR. MD Moniruzzaman

Faculty of Research Methodology

Subject: Submission of project on “Intra City Road Accident”

Dear Sir,

It is a great pleasure that you have given me an opportunity to submit the project on “Intra City
Road Accident” Which was assigned by you. I tried my level best to observe, identify and
recommend its business process. For preparation of the project I have collected information from
social media and also my personal experience.

I have tried at my best to avoid my deficiencies and hope that my project will satisfy you and I
also would like to thank you again for giving me the opportunity to submit the project.

Sincerely yours,

MD Fahad Hossen

ID No: 18303063

Department Of BBA

Canadian University of Bangladesh

 Acknowledgement

First I would like to pay gratitude to almighty Allah by whose grace and blessings we have able
to conduct this report. Then we would like to thank to DR. MD Moniruzzaman who sincerely
supervised our work by providing valuable ideas, concepts, guidance and suggestion.

The outcome of any particular report depends on hard work and contribution of people. To make
the report my team mates MD Saker Abdullah, Farzana Yasmin is helping most. The information
of the report is based on my real life experience and also using internet.
 Summary

Context

This report is about project on Intra City Road Accident in Bangladesh. Recently in last two
years road accidents in Dhaka city is increasing alarming. Accidents in 2018 shattered whole
Bangladesh. Students were coming on the road to protest against road accidents. So the
government of Bangladesh wants to know the reason behind the road accident in Dhaka city so
that they can take actions to reduce the road accident ratio.

Purpose of the project

The purpose of the project is to identify the reason behind the road accidents specifically because
of the driver intention. As whatever the reason of the accidents they are the main one who is the
part of the accidents. It will help the government to make a programed to solve the problems of
the divers and reduce the number of accidents.

Specific purposes of the project are:

• Understand and assess the accidents happened due to negligence of drivers

• Identify the reason behind the negligence of the drivers
• Assess the roads passersby influence behind the accidents
• Identify the effectiveness of government laws
• Identify whether traffic control authority fulfill their duty
• Find any other reason which influence in road accidents

Methodology

A Beneficiary survey will be conducted on 150 randomly selected drivers from all the stands of
bus, pickup van using a questionnaire to get information from drivers. Additionally, observation
methods will be used in busy place of Dhaka city to understand the behavior of drivers and
passersby. Both quantitative and qualitative methods will be applied in the analysis of data.
Contents

Introduction .............................................................................. 6

Background ............................................................................... 7

Purpose of the project .............................................................. 8

Data Collection Methods and Instruments ............................. 8

Data Management Strategy ................................................... 11

Limitations .............................................................................. 12

Conclusion ............................................................................... 13

Reference ................................................................................. 13
Introduction

Bangladesh is a developing country, like every country it’s have some problem and road accident
is one of them. Dhaka is the capital of Bangladesh where all the development works are
happened basing Dhaka city. People around all other districts come to Dhaka for the betterment
of their life. Most of the industrial and educational institutions are in Dhaka. Dhaka is the first
economic zone in Bangladesh. That’s why Dhaka is also prone to road accidents.

Table 1: Data about road accidents in the following years of Bangladesh

Year Accidents Death Injured

2019 4147 4138 4411
2018 2609 2635 1920
2017 2562 2513 1898
2016 2566 2463 2134

According to data from Bangladesh police this is the scenario of accident in Bangladesh over last
few years and this year accidental cases are alarming. During the Jan, Feb the number of accident
is 1027. Those numbers are based on the case registered on police records. There are many cases
which are unrecognized.

In year 2018 a road accident shattered whole Bangladesh; two college students were killed
because of negligence of driving in airport road. Students from all class came to the road to
protest against the road accidents. This protest happened all most eight days long. During this
period students are voluntary take the responsibility of traffic. Eventually they are checking the
license of the driver, they ensure cars are in a line not in a zigzag way. This protest force the
government to rethink the road transport law and eventually government take the decision to
strict the law of road transportations.
Background

As road accident in Bangladesh is increasing in alarming rate so Bangladesh government wants

to know the reason which causes road accident most. So, the government makes the three
members group of teams to investigate the reason. The project is fully supported by government
of Bangladesh. All ministry under Bangladesh government will help to support the project go on.

Description of the project

The project regarding “Inner City Road Accidents” is mainly based on the Dhaka city. This is the
collaboration of three members group of teams. The members are

Table 2: Role of the team members

Members Role
MD Fahad Hossen Collecting the data from the prime
groups
Farzana Yasmin Analyst the data
MD Saker Abdullah After the collection and analysis of data
he makes the final report the
government.

The key components of the project are the drivers. The core project activity includes
understanding the mindset of the drivers, their problems and also changes their mindset. So, our
ultimate target is to reach the drivers around Dhaka city.

• Go through every bus stand, Pickup van station and talk with drivers every day and the
number of drivers must be at least 100 a day.
• Observe the busy place of the Dhaka city to understand the behavior of the road
passersby and the driver
Primary target groups are:

• 50 young people educated to function as community volunteer youth

• 100 drivers are trained to facilitate the research project works
Purpose of the project

The purpose of the project is to identify the reason behind the road accidents specifically because
of the driver intention. As whatever the reason of the accidents they are the main one who is the
part of the accidents. It will help the government to make a programed to solve the problems of
the divers and reduce the number of accidents.

Specific purposes of the project are:

• Understand and assess the accidents happened due to negligence of drivers

• Identify the reason behind the negligence of the drivers
• Assess the roads passersby influence behind the accidents
• Identify the effectiveness of government laws
• Identify whether traffic control authority fulfill their duty
• Find any other reason which influence in road accidents

Data Collection Methods and Instruments

Data collection was done using three methods and tools – Key informant Interviews (Interview
guides), Focus group discussions (FGD guide) and a beneficiary survey (Survey Questionnaire).
The methods and tools are discussed below and details of actual interviews achieved are
presented in Annex A.

Beneficiary survey: As detailed in Table 3, a total of 150 questionnaires were completed against
a target of 192 (105%). Although a 50-50 % balance of highway and motorway, most of the
respondents turned out to be on highway (66%) as they were the most dominant and most active
beneficiaries in all research areas. The survey captured driver’s personal experiences with the
project and how they view its contribution to their lives. The questionnaires were administered
by a team of trained enumerators engaged by the Consultant.
Key Informant Interviews (KII): A total of 37 key informants were purposively drawn from
project partners, local leaders, and government stakeholders and interviewed. This was 93% of
the targeted 40 key informants since it was not possible to reach a few of the people. Out of the
37 key informants interviewed, 62% were community based, 30% were program unit based and
8% were national key informants. This was done to ensure views are captured at all levels, with
most of the contributions coming from the community where the project was implemented.
Community based key informants included local drivers, contactors, owners, road accident
representatives. Program unit and national level key informants on the other hand mainly
comprised project implementers and other partners who including government departments and
investigation bureau. All KII, were conducted by the evaluation team leaders. Having gone
through all relevant project documents they ensured that questions were relevant and key
contributions were properly captured in their context.

Focus group Discussions (FDGs): Overall, 22 FGDs were conducted against a target of 24
(92%). The original plan was to conduct separate FGDs for prevent road accident, drivers,
contactors and owners. On the ground however, the doubling of roles, late coming or absence of
target interviewees led to predominantly mixed groups (mixed by both gender and category). In
some cases, drivers and contactors were combined. Two FGDs were conducted per ward except
in two cases where only one FGD was conducted (Methodist in Dhaka and Ward 1 in
Chittagong). The FGDs focused on all key areas of the evaluation especially project relevance,
effectiveness, efficiency, impact, sustainability, inclusiveness, lessons and recommendations.
Participants shared their experiences with the project particularly its interventions in driving
awareness, road accident protection and unprofessional driver participation. FGD were facilitated
by the research team leaders and specially trained note-takers.
Data Collection and Analysis Strategy

The evaluation team: The 22-member evaluation team was structured as illustrated in Table 3
Team leaders were responsible for Key informant interviews and FGD facilitation assisted by the
assistant leaders. Specific team trained members were dedicated towards taking FGD notes and
administering the questionnaires. The team mostly comprising of licensed and unlicensed drivers
who have been involved in researches with the consulting firm – including a road accident
protection end of project evaluation conducted in December 2015. Teams were trained in
research methodology, principles of interviewing, research ethics and were reminded again just
before fieldwork.

Evaluation Lead
(Technical and Admin)

Tean Leader of South Dhaka Team Leader of North dhaka

10 team members comprising

10 team members comprising
- 1 FGD Facilititor
- 1 FGD Facilitator
- 1 note-taker
- 1 note-taker
- 8 Enumerators/ Data collectors(6
- 8 Enumerator/data collectors
of which are also data entry clerks)

Table3: Research team structure

Data Collection Strategies

i. Data collection will be done concurrently in the two PU’s. The north Dhaka city team
collected data in north Dhaka while the south Dhaka city team will collect in south
Dhaka city. Only the team leaders met to discuss project implementation and then
cascade to other team members.
ii. The team members will be given their relevant tools in advance and a one-day training
session was conducted. The two teams will be trained in their respective areas using an
agreed approach and common tools.
iii. All the data sets will develop in Dhaka and six data clerks (who were also enumerators)
entered the data after fieldwork under the supervision of the Dhaka team leader.
iv. As the data entry progress, the team leaders will start to develop the report focusing on
the sections which do not have to wait for field data.

Data Management Strategy

i. Quantitative data from structured questionnaires will capture centrally in Dhaka while
the facilitators in each area captured notes. Data entry started soon after data collection.
ii. Survey data will be entered into SPSS spread sheets. The data will statistically analyze
using both SPSS and MS Excel. Qualitative notes will be captured in word matrices to
enable grouping, classifications and summaries.
iii. Quantitative data will use for report writing and data sets will keep for submission to the
client.
Limitations

Limitations due to methodological problems can be addressed by clearly and directly identifying
the potential problem and suggesting ways in which this could have been addressed—and
SHOULD be addressed in future studies. The following are some major potential methodological
issues that can impact the conclusions researchers can draw from the research:

Issues with sample and selection

Sampling errors occur when a probability sampling method is used to select a sample, but that
sample does not reflect the general population or appropriate population concerned. This results
in limitations for your study known as “sample bias” or “selection bias.” For example, if you
conducted a survey to obtain your research results, your samples (participants) were asked to
respond to the survey questions. However, you might have had limited ability to gain access to
the appropriate type or geographic scope of participants. In this case, the people who responded
to your survey questions may not truly be a random sample.

Insufficient sample size for statistical measurement

When conducting a study, it is important to have a sufficient sample size in order to conclude a
valid research result. The larger the sample, the more precise your results will be. If your sample
size is too small, it will be difficult to identify significant relationships from the data. Normally,
statistical tests require a larger sample size to ensure that the sample is considered representative
of a population and that the statistical result can be generalized to a larger population. It is a good
idea to understand how to choose an appropriate sample size before you conduct your research
by using scientific calculation tools.
Lack of previous research studies on the topic

Citing and referencing prior research studies constitutes the basis of the literature review for your
thesis or study, and these prior studies provide the theoretical foundations for the research
question you are investigating. However, depending on the scope of your research topic, prior
research studies that are relevant to your thesis might be limited.

When there is very little or no prior research on a specific topic, you may need to develop an
entirely new research typology. In this case, discovering a limitation can be considered an
important opportunity to identify new gaps in the prior literature and to present the need for
further development in the area of study.

Conclusion

The high rate of intra city accidents in Bangladesh is cause for alarm and unacceptable. The
creation of NRSC and adoption of Road Safety Strategic Action Plans are welcome moves
towards improving road safety. How-ever, not many tangible results have been achieved so far.
It is imperative to review the measures adopted to identify the problems of implementation and
improve or modify them so that they can be more effective

Reference
community-based_child_protection_-_external_evaluation.pdf
https://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/news/road-crashes-rise-despite-govt-measures-
1717696