ANALYSIS OF CAUSES AND TREND OF ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN URBAN ZARIA, KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA
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 RTA in Zaria urban area, Kaduna state. Both qualitative and quantitative data were collected for the study. Three hundred and fifty two respondents were purposively selected for the administration of structured questionnaire, while Focus Group Discussion (FGD) and key Informant Interview (KII) were conducted for road traffic law enforcement agencies such as FRSC, KASTLEA and drivers unions of NURTW. The results indicated that significant number of underage and elderly (31%) are active drivers, 43% of them had no more than primary education, out of which 11% of them had no formal education. 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.
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