Road Accidents Model Thinking

Dynamics of Road Accidents in Country X

BIHE 

MBA 

Systems Thinking for Organizational Development 

Dr. Kambiz Maani 

Final Project 

Raana Jannati – Babak Ighanian 

Feb. 2008 

Table of contents 

Dynamics of Road Accidents in Country X ..............................................................................3

Introduction ..............................................................................................................................3

Key variables ...........................................................................................................................4

Patterns of behavior .................................................................................................................7

Link and loops ..........................................................................................................................9

System's archetype ................................................................................................................ 15

Mental model .......................................................................................................................... 16

Leverage points ..................................................................................................................... 17

Intervention strategies............................................................................................................ 18

Conclusions ........................................................................................................................... 19

Dynamics of Road Accidents in Country X

Introduction

Road traffic accidents are considered to be the second highest cause of

mortality in Country X. The annual road death is about 28000 in Country X. Among

these 28000 persons, 79% were male mostly aged 40 years or less. Head injury is

the most common cause of road traffic related mortality among males and females...