ANALYSIS OF ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENT HOTSPOTS ALONG ZARIA-KADUNA EXPRESSWAY, KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA

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dc.contributor.authorJOBIN, Paul Danlami
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-11T08:48:56Z
dc.date.available2016-03-11T08:48:56Z
dc.date.issued2015-08
dc.descriptionA THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA-NIGERIA, IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF MASTER OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN REMOTE SENSING AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SCIENCE DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY FACULTY OF SCIENCES AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY ZARIAen_US
dc.description.abstractRoad traffic accident is one of the main problems in Nigeria. Due to the rapid growth of human population, the number of vehicles on Zaria-Kaduna road has increased. The number of traffic flows has also increased causing traffic congestion and has increased the number of Road Traffic Accidents on the road. This present study applied Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to analyze road traffic accident hotspots along Zaria-Kaduna Expressway, Kaduna State, Nigeria. The accident data used for the study were obtained from Federal Road Safety Commission of Nigeria. Global Positioning System (GPS) was used to collect the coordinates of the accident locations. The accident data were evaluated in ArcGIS version 10.1 environment. Queries and Kernel Density Estimation (KDE) were used to determine the accident hotspots, Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Accident Point Weightage (APW) formula was used to the rank the accident hotspots. Image interpretation was also carried out to identify the characteristics of the road. The results of the study showed that overspeeding (27.7%), tyre burst (17.6%), loss of control (15.5%) and dangerous driving (13.6%) were the major causes of accidents along the route. The study also discovered that Jaji, Birnin Yero, Foundation and Konar Farakwai are the most dangerous locations along the study route. Finally, characteristics of the road such as Bridges (24.9%), built-up areas (24.9%) were the cause of accident while sharp bend (21.9%), U-turn/intersection (13.8%), stationary vehicles (6.2%), slope (4.2%), market (2.7%), potholes (1.4%) also contributes significantly to accidents along Zaria-Kaduna Expressway. It is therefore recommended that road infrastructure such as road signs and bridges should be adequately maintained, and if possible, improved upon along the entire route. Moreover, infrastructure such as road sign and pedestrian bridge that are lacking along the study route should be provided, with a view to making Zaria-Kaduna expressway to be accident free.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/7450
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectANALYSIS,en_US
dc.subjectROAD TRAFFIC,en_US
dc.subjectACCIDENT HOTSPOTS ALONG,en_US
dc.subjectZARIA,en_US
dc.subjectKADUNA EXPRESSWAY,en_US
dc.subjectKADUNA STATE,en_US
dc.subjectNIGERIAen_US
dc.titleANALYSIS OF ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENT HOTSPOTS ALONG ZARIA-KADUNA EXPRESSWAY, KADUNA STATE, NIGERIAen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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