RTA ~eaths and a number of survivors in Ethiopiafacing physical injuries. The purpose of the study was to understand the lived experiences of RTA survivors in Bahir Dar City Administration. This phenomenological study was conducted to explore challenges. opportunities and coping mechanisms of RTA survivors. The data were collected through in depth interview with eight RTA survivors. The collected data were analyzed using thematic an,plysis method. Results of the study revealed that survivors experienced various challenges such as bleeding and physical injuries, property loss, medical expense, and loss of job, isolation including divorce, palliation of litigation, stress, fear and bearing of grudge. Family, private hospitals, Bahir Dar city physical rehabilitation center and aditional physical therapists were the existing opportunitiesfor survivors to reduce their challenges. Moreover, the study yielded , th,.selling property, changing occupation, seclusion and spirituality were mechanisms designed by survivors to cope with their challenges. In sum, survivors were under vicious circle of physical health, psychosocial, legal, medical and economic problems and they experienced less availability of opportunities in solving and reducing these problems. As researches on the experiences of RT A survivors in Ethiopia are limited, there is paucity of information on survivors. Thus, this study may contribute to policy, evidence based social work practices and future research. Key words: lived experience, road traffic accident, survivors, Bahir Dar,