Road Environment as Predictor of Road Traffic Accidents Involving Heavy-Duty Automobiles in Northeast Nigeria
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This study examined road environment as a predictor of road traffic accidents involving heavy-duty automobiles in northeast Nigeria. Survey research was adopted for the study through a structured questionnaire. 235 FRSC, Traffic Police, VIOs and Drivers were sampled for the study. Regression analysis was used to test the hypothesis with the help of SPSS v.25 software. The results indicated that road signs system, natural road environment, and road conditions significantly influence road traffic accidents involving heavy-duty automobiles in Northeast Nigeria. Consequently, it was recommended that the Federal Government should provide an adequate and functional road signs system on Northeast Nigeria highways.
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Kumazhege, S. Z., & Ibrahim, U. A. (2024). Road Environment as Predictor of Road Traffic Accidents Involving Heavy-Duty Automobiles in Northeast Nigeria. Asian Journal of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Art, 2(3), 362-374. https://doi.org/10.58578/ajstea.v2i3.3062
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experiment using 5-point, 7-point and 10-point scales. International Journal of Market
Research, 50(2), 61-104.
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Peter, M. K., Mang’uriu, G. N., & Diang’a, S. (2017). Factors that influence the incidences of road accidents in Kenya: a survey of black spots along Mombasa-Malaba road. International Academic Journal of Information Sciences and Project Management, 2(1), 38-65.
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Saxena, N. (2017). Analysis of road traffic accident using causation theory with traffic safety model and measures. International Journal for Research in Applied Science & Engineering Technology, 45(98). doi:10.22214/ijraset.2017.8179
Sekaran, U., & Bougie, R. (2016). Research Methods for Business: A Skill-Building Approach United Kingdom: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
Soard, B. (2017). Classifying medium and heavy-duty trucks. Retrieved from fleetnetamerica.com on 20/01/2022.
Tabachnick, B. G., & Fidell, L. S. (2013). Using multivariate statistics (Vol. 5). Boston, MA: Pearson.
Topolšek, D., Babić, D., & Fiolić, M. (2019). The effect of road safety education on therelationship between Driver’s errors, violations and accidents: Slovenian case study. European Transport Research Review, 11(18), 1-8. doi: 10.1186/s12544-019-0351-y
Ullah, H., Farooq, A., & Ali, A. S. (2021). An empirical assessment of factors influencing injury severities of motor vehicle crashes on national highways of Pakistan. Journal of Advanced Transportation, 20(21). doi:10.1155/2021/6358321.
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Zou, Y., Zhang, Y., & Cheng, K. (2021). Exploring the impact of climate and extreme weather on fatal traffic accidents. Sustainability, 2021(13), 390-398. doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/su1301039010.3390/su13010390.
