Road Traffic Accident in Kano Nigeria: A Case Study of Kano Metropolitan
Journal Title: Scholars Journal of Engineering and Technology - Year 2017, Vol 5, Issue 12
Abstract
The increasing level of road traffic crash (RTC) in Kano metropolitan and the consequent of injuries and fatalities necessitate the need for its regular analysis. In the present study, data on recorded cases of RTC were collected from Federal road safety corps Kano. The data comprises of some fatal, severe and minor RTCs, the number of people involved, killed or injured with the classification of their gender and age, type of the vehicle involved and probable cause of RTC from the year 2009 to 2015. A total of 642 RTCs involving 3,019 people and 978 vehicles were recorded in Kano metropolis from 2009-2015. On average, every nine days a person is killed and 14 people are injured in road traffic accidents in Kano metropolitan. It was found that for every 7 RTCs reported, 3 people are killed while 18 people get injured. The accident rate of Kano city is 3 per 100,000 populations lower than the world average of 18 per 100,000. It was also found that male adults are four times more involved in RTC than female adults. The results of the study also showed that children account for 7% of all people involved in Road traffic accidents in Kano. It was found that 66% of the people killed in road traffic accidents are male adults while 22% are female adults and, female and male children account for 9% and 3%. About 37% of all the accidents occurred on motorcycles and 32% on passenger cars. A person on a motorcycle is 2 times and 12 times more likely to be involved in RTC than those on bus and tricycle respectively. Commercial vehicles are 253% and 710% more involved in RTC than private and official vehicles respectively. Out of the 642 RTC cases recorded within the study period.Reckless driving, vehicle condition and road environment accounts for 85%, 10% and 5% of the accidents. The safety can be enhanced by improved law enforcement and use of speed calming measures.
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Umar, I K. , Bashir S. , Abdurra’uf M. Gora
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