The Relationship of Accident Risk Factors with Traffic Road Safety: A Study on Commercial Mini-Bus Accident in Nigeria.

Abstract

The main purpose of this study is to identify the relationship between Human Factors, Mechanical/Vehicle Factors, Environmental/Road Factors and Road Safety. Ten traffic agent officers (Comprising Road Safety Corps, Road Safety Marshal, State Security Service Officers, Police Traffic officers and National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) officers) were selected as a sample, survey questionnaire was used for data collection for a period of two months, majority of the officers (52.7%) were in the age category of 36 to 44 years old, with (96.7%) having driving education with training. There were significant relationship between Human Factors, Mechanical/Vehicle Factors (r=0.619, p<0.01) and Environmental/Road Factors (r=0.579, p<0.01). Result from multiple regression analysis shows that 62.7% can be explaining by Human Factors, Environmental Factors and Mechanical/vehicle Factors contribution to mini bus traffic accident with significant relationship between Human Factors, Environmental Factors (r=0.619, p<0.01) and Mechanical Factors (r=0.579, p<0.01) with accident occurrence. It is therefore recommended that commercial transport company needs to do a lot of human factors preventive measure among bus drivers by conducting training and risk perception seminar from time to time.