Regional Engineering Postgraduate Conference (EPC) 2011 THE MAGNITUDE OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS AND CASUALTIES IN LIBYA COMPARED TO SOME OTHER COUNTRIES Hussin. A.M.Yahia , Prof. Engr. Dr. Amiruddin Ismail Sustainable Urban Transport Research Center (SUTRA) Department of Civil and Structural Engineering Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor D.E. Malaysia ABSTRACT This study aims to explore the pattern of road traffic accidents and their causes in Libya compared to some developed countries. In 2008, 13,725 Injured 2332 killed 13,352 accidents. The data was obtained from General Administration of Traffic and Authorizations in Libya. There was an increase in the number of registered cars as well as the majority of the deaths comprised of young the people. In the last ten years, there were increase accidents, injuries, fatalities and has become an epidemic to the country. Strictly, application of the traffic lows as well as national media converge on traffic accident improvement comprise should be increased. Keywords: Road traffic accidents, injuries, fatalities, Libya I NTRODUCTION Libya is an Arab country, located in the North Africa and in the south coast of the Mediterranean Sea. The populations are 6,173,579 million, the private car number is 1,703,362 (Statistics 2009) and increase significantly in ownership of cars and the number of road traffic accidents by populations, during the last ten years (1999-2008), the accidents 92.14% and injuries 19.35% deaths also increase , road traffic accidents are a major cause of death globally. In the past few years the World Health Organization