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Trend Analysis on Road Traffic Collision Occurrence in Nigeria

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 July 2021

Oluwafunbi Awoniyi Open the ORCID record for Oluwafunbi Awoniyi [Opens in a new window] ,
Alexander Hart Open the ORCID record for Alexander Hart [Opens in a new window] ,
Killiam Argote-Aramendiz Open the ORCID record for Killiam Argote-Aramendiz [Opens in a new window] ,
Amalia Voskanyan ,
Ritu Sarin ,
Michael S. Molloy  and
Gregory R. Ciottone
Oluwafunbi Awoniyi*
Affiliation:
BIDMC Fellowship in Disaster Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
Alexander Hart
Affiliation:
BIDMC Fellowship in Disaster Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
Killiam Argote-Aramendiz
Affiliation:
BIDMC Fellowship in Disaster Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
Amalia Voskanyan
Affiliation:
BIDMC Fellowship in Disaster Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
Ritu Sarin
Affiliation:
BIDMC Fellowship in Disaster Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
Michael S. Molloy
Affiliation:
BIDMC Fellowship in Disaster Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA School of Medicine, University College Dublin, Donnybrook, Ireland
Gregory R. Ciottone
Affiliation:
BIDMC Fellowship in Disaster Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
*
Corresponding author: Oluwafunbi Awoniyi, Email: [email protected]
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Abstract

Objectives:

Road traffic collisions (RTC) result in a significant number of preventable deaths worldwide. In 2010, the United Nations General Assembly launched, “The Decade of Action for Road Safety (2011–2020)” with the stated goal to “reduce road traffic deaths and injuries by 50% by 2020.” This study aims to analyze trends in RTC numbers and subsequent deaths with respect to road safety laws in Nigeria and to suggest suitable interventions.

Methods:

Annual reports for the period 2007–2017 were obtained from the Federal Road Safety Corps of Nigeria. These reports were analyzed for trends in RTC, including reported causes, fatalities, injuries, and casualties.

Results:

Overall total injuries, casualties, and fatalities increased by 74.7%, 61.2%, and 9.6%, respectively. Analysis showed that the 3 main causes of RTC were speed violation, loss of control, and dangerous driving.

Conclusions:

Although current trends do not suggest that Nigeria will accomplish its initial goal of decreasing fatalities by 50% by 2020, there has been a reduction in the number of crashes resulting from dangerous driving. Further interventions such as implementing automated speed monitoring, collaboration, and data sharing between federal and regional agencies, and improving the state of road networks should be implemented to decrease fatalities further.

Keywords

accident injuryEMSmotor vehicle accidentNigeriatraffic collision
Type
Original Research
Information
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness , Volume 16 , Issue 4 , August 2022 , pp. 1517 - 1523
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© Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health, Inc. 2021

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