Citation

Bombom LS, Edino MO. Int. J. Inj. Control Safe. Promot. 2009; 16(3): 169-174.

Affiliation

Department of Geography, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, USA. gompilsitji@yahoo.com

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/17457300903024186

PMID

19941215

Abstract

Road traffic accident data in Nigeria generally lack exact coordinate information. Accident analysis is, therefore, restricted to aggregate data on trends, magnitude and temporal dimensions. This article addresses the road accident problem in Jos between 1995 and 1999 through a road profiling approach. Results show that four gateway routes, seven multi-lane roadways (including two gateway routes) and seven road intersections accounted for 84% of all traffic accidents, 84% of injured casualties and 88% of fatalities. This approach allows for quantification of impacts of controlling for accidents by deliberate profiling of roads for close monitoring and policing. For example, reducing accident counts and fatalities by 50% each on gateway routes will amount to approximately 35 and 40% reduction in accident and fatality counts, respectively. Countermeasures must consider these roadways and intersections as important inputs in their accidents and casualty reduction targets.

Language: en