Applied Research Frontiers
Title
Evaluation of Road Traffic Accident Variations in the Niger Delta
Authors
Arisabor Lucky,a,b Atubi A. O.a and Sajini F. I.a
aDepartment of Geography and Regional Planning, Delta State University, Abraka, Nigeria.
bDepartment of Meteorology and Climate Change, Nigeria Maritime University, Delta State, Nigeria.
*Corresponding author E-mail address: jeromenworu102@gmail.com
Article History
Publication details: Received: 28th March 2023; Revised: 10th April 2023; Accepted: 10th April 2023; Published: 27th June 2023
Cite this article
Lucky A.; Atubi A. O.; Sajini F. I. Evaluation of Road Traffic Accident Variations in the Niger Delta. Appl. Res. Front., 2023, 2(5), 1-11.
Abstract
Drivers’ behaviour is more complex when they are using the road. There are no universal guidelines for such behaviour. This research studied the variation on Road Traffic Accident (RTA) in Niger Delta region. For data collection, a cross-sectional research design was adopted. The data were collected through the use of historical/archival data of road traffic crashes from FRSC and the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), and the use of a Driver Behaviour Questionnaire (DBQ) survey to investigate drivers’ Behavioural attitude (BA), Subjective Norms (SN), the perceived Behavioural Control (PBC) in the Niger Delta. The simple random sampling technique was adopted and the selection was based on the long existence of park and registered drivers. The reason for the choice of data type is to adequately capture the spatial spread of accidents and differences in drivers’ behaviour. The data include extracted accident records containing fatal, serious and minor cases yearly from 1996-2021. The reason for the choice of years includes reliability, consistency, and continuity of records and a long range of data. The data generated were analysed using multiple regression and ANOVA. The result obtained revealed that there is a decline in road traffic accidents and fatality index over the last 26 years in the Niger Delta from 24.08% road traffic accidents and 11.58 to 9.94% and 2.23 respectively. Edo state recorded the highest value of RTA, while Imo state recorded the highest fatality index in the Niger Delta. The study further revealed that there is a significant difference in drivers’ behaviour within the Niger Delta. At P < 0.05, there is a statistically significant difference in the driver behaviour of overspeeding in the Niger Delta. The drivers in Abia, Akwa Ibom and Rivers States’ overspeeding behaviour differs from the way drivers over speed in other states of the Niger Delta. Similarly, there is a significant variation in road traffic accidents within the Niger Delta. The road traffic accident in Cross Rivers State differs from other states in the Niger Delta. Driver traffic behaviour toward road safety has a significant contribution to road traffic accidents in the Niger Delta. 98% of road traffic accidents are caused by drivers’ behaviour toward road safety in the Niger Delta.
Keywords
Road; Accident; Variations; Behaviour; Traffic; Niger-Delta
