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Analysis And Management Of Road Accident
[A CASE STUDY ILORIN- OMU ARAN ROAD KWARA STATE]
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2.7 DRIVERS ATTITUDES AND HIGHWAY ACCIDENT
Evidence is substantial that safe lawful and courteous driving is closely associated with emotional make up and social adequacy. It has been found that accident repeaters are apt to be aggressive and in tolerant of other, they tend to resent authority, they are inclined to have an exaggerated opinion of their importance and ability and to act impulsively and on spur of the moment.
In one study, it was found that 25% of the accident repeaters stated that people made fun of them in the accident free group only 2.5% had this impression it was also found that accident free group. Stated differently the accident and violation free driver is mature, conservative and intellectual in his interest and tasty, has a higher aspiration level, and is the product of a happier family background.
Testing procedures to detect drivers of high accidents even a small proportion of accident likely drivers a large number of safe drivers would also have to reject.
A particular problem in driver attitude concerns the teenage and under 25 drivers group. In a minestrone study under 25 groups represent some 20% of the driving population but accounted for 30% of the arrests for drinking and 50% of those for speeding.
As noted nationwide, the Nigeria study showed teenage made male and female with double the accident and violation rates of adults of the same sex. These facts readily explain the high insurance premium assessed against the automobile they drive. The reasons for this unfavorable accident experience are complex. Apparently they include over confidence and greater willingness to take chances.
2.8 SPEED AND HIGHWAY ACCIDENT
Too fast speed condition has been given as a contributory cause in some 29% of the total, 17% of injury and 13% of the total accidents. The psychological reasons that drivers go too fast are related to their overall behavior pattern. For example, persons as a group drive faster than other. However because it has certain unique aspects, speed and accidents is treated as a separations topic. From the statistics just cited, two facts of the speed-accident relationship appear.
the first is a “speed too fast for the condition†although 60mph may be conservative on a rural highway or on a free way where conflicts are few and when long sight distance give ample opportunity to take the sample measures necessary to avoid an accident, 30mph may be too fast where accident opportunity is high and sight distance are short, as on a contested street with parking adjacent to the through lanes.
There are the driver must make complex decision under difficult circumstances. Thus, safe speed can be measured in terms of the driver ability to recognize and cope with situations that have accident potential.
The second aspect of speed and accident is this , if an accident does occur, how does speed affects its security? Statistics cited show that where excessive speed is a factor, facilities are 2.3 times and injuries 1.3 times as likely as in the average accident.
Another study found the probability of an injury resulting in death to be 1 in 47 for speed over 60mph. in terms of absolute speed, the laws of mechanics off a basic explanation of the fact that higher speed increase accident security.
A moving vehicle and the bodies of its occupants have kinetic energy in amount that increase as the square of the velocity. When an accident occur, all this kinetic energy form damages to vehicle and occupants.
If the energy is to be dissipated at 30mph is set at unity, amount for other speeds are as follows, 60mph, 4:90mph, 9:120mph, 16 for the jet airplane traveling 600mph, the figure is 400. It should be apparent that speed is a vital factor in accident severity.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]ABSTRACTThe major objective of this research is to examine the variation patterns of road traffic accident in Ilorin-Omu- Aran Road, Kwara State. The study used secondary data of Accident records and vehicular situation were obtained from the Nigeria police force (NPF) and Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC). Chapter one of the projects deals and focused majorly on the general introduction which consist of the definition and meaning of road accident the aim and objectives of why t ... Continue reading---
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TABLE OF CONTENTS - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]TABLE OF CONTENTSTITLE PAGE APPROVAL PAGE CERTIFICATION ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ABSTRACT CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Aim and objectives of these project 1.3 Significance of project 1.4 Scope of the project CHAPTER TWO2.0 LITERATURE REVIEW2.1 The multiple approaches of highway accidents2.2 Accident Report and Statistics 2.3 A focuses on road layout and road characteristics ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER ONE - [ Total Page(s): 2 ]CHAPTER ONE1.0 INTRODUCTION Road Traffic Accidents are major causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide, especially in low-and middle-income countries. The World Health Organization estimates that more than 3000 people are killed daily in road traffic accidents globally, with at least 30.000 others inured or disabled, This adds up to over 1 million people killed and between 20-50 million injured or crippled in road traffic crashes each year (Krug et al, 2000). The rising trend in morbidit ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER THREE - [ Total Page(s): 5 ]CHAPTER THREEMETHODOLOGY3.0 DATA PRESENTATION AND ANALYSISData for the study were mainly obtained from police accident records and were complemented with data from research reports and articles, and national statistical abstracts, and newspapers. The author reviewed the statistics for the years 1970 to 2001, disaggregated by administrative councils. The records contained information on crash severity (either fatal, serious, or minor), categories of road users affected, vehicles involved, a ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER FOUR - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]CHAPTER FOUR4.0 RESULT AND DISCUSSION From the table 3.0-3.5, the July month has the highest recorded accident of 21.The total number of fatal accident was estimated as 20, while the total serious accident was recorded as 88, then the minor cases was estimated as 16, within the year of 2013. From the estimate, the accident occurrence is zigzag for it increase and decrease not accordingly but in terms of occurrence. With reference to the statistic information gathered bo ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER FIVE - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]CHAPTER FIVE 5.0 CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION5.1 CONCLUSIONFrom the project research work, the recorded accident claims most lives of the passenger compare to the drivers. It can be seen that human, vehicle, environmental and roadways characteristics are salient factors that are responsible for road traffic crashes in South Western Nigeria.It was established that road traffic crashes can be prevented by embarking on various crashes prevention and reduction strategies such as edu ... Continue reading---
REFRENCES - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]REFERENCES1. Nigeria Police Force (NPF) (1970) “Accident Records.†Federal Capital Territory (FCT)2. Onakomaiya S.O (1988) “unsafe at any speed: towards Road Transportation.†For survival inaugural lecture, university of Ilorin.3. Onakomaiya S.O (1990) “Trends in Nigeria Roads Safety and Accident situation†A paper presented at a conference on accident control4. Gbadamosi K.T (1994) “Spatial Analysis of Road Accidents in Nigeria ... Continue reading---
