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Abstract

The automotive industry is witnessing an unprecedented expansion in both usage and volume, characterizing an era of speed where vehicles have transitioned from a luxury to an essential necessity for modern life and business efficiency. While manufacturers compete to produce vehicles with superior durability, safety, and comfort—and highway engineering has evolved into a specialized science focused on optimizing traffic flow and pedestrian safety—governments and international organizations have simultaneously intensified their efforts to enact robust regulatory frameworks to enhance road safety. Paradoxically, however, the risks and accidents associated with motor vehicles continue to escalate, leading to staggering human and material losses that have prompted many scholars to categorize road hazards as a contemporary "epidemic" and a flawed byproduct of technological advancement. This research contributes to the analytical discourse on automotive risks through a multi-dimensional approach that simultaneously examines four key trajectories: identifying specific vehicle risks and their relative importance, pinpointing the primary and secondary causes underlying these hazards, assessing the resulting human and economic impacts, and finally, determining strategic countermeasures to mitigate these risks at their source. Structurally, the study is organized into four sections: the first establishes the conceptual framework of risk and risk analysis methodologies; the second details the research methodology, including the problem statement, objectives, scope, and a review of previous literature; the third provides a practical analysis of automotive risks in Iraq, evaluating their frequency, causal factors, and negative consequences; and the fourth concludes with the findings and recommendations derived from the research.

DOI

10.33095/jeas.v17i63.984

Subject Area

Managerial

First Page

51

Last Page

69

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