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- Title
ANALYSIS OF CAUSES AND TREND OF ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN URBAN ZARIA, KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA.
- Authors
Gani, Usman Jibrin; Shehu, Musa
- Abstract
Transportation is the inevitable movement of people from one place to another. In the process of the movement, road accident might occur. With the increasing number of people and vehicles, the rate this road accidents will definite increase if proper measures are not put in place. This paper investigated the trend of Road Traffic Accidents (RTA) in Zaria urban area, Kaduna state. Both qualitative and quantitative data were collected for the study. The quantitative data were obtained from the administration of 352 copies of a structured questionnaire to purposively selected respondents in the study area. While the qualitative data were obtained through a session of Focus Group Discussion (FGD) with each of Kaduna State Traffic and Environmental Law Enforcement Agency (KASTELEA), Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC) and National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW; and Key Informant Interview (KII) were conducted to the leaders of the unions. The results indicated low level of literacy from respondents in which (11%) had no formal education while (43%) attended only primary school; this may affects ability to interpret road signs and symbols. Teen drivers accounted a large number of (8%) which is very bad for any society. A significant number of the respondents (48%) do not have valid driver's license. Even the 52% that alleged having a valid driver's license, only 44% claimed to have attended driving school. The following recommendations were offered, public enlightenment for the drivers should be strengthen, transport infrastructures should be enhance and traffic laws should be enforced.
- Subjects
ZARIA (Nigeria); NIGERIA; TRAFFIC accidents; CITY traffic; TREND analysis; TRAFFIC regulations; TRAFFIC signs &; signals
- Publication
Transport & Logistics, 2022, Vol 22, Issue 52, p93
- ISSN
1451-107X
- Publication type
Article