AN ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF FEDERAL ROAD SAFETY COMMISSION IN REDUCING ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA

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dc.contributor.authorFOLAGBADE, Abimbola Motunrayo
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-13T08:51:39Z
dc.date.available2016-04-13T08:51:39Z
dc.date.issued2015-05
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 THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE IN TRANSPORT MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY FACULTY OF SCIENCE AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIAen_US
dc.description.abstractRoad traffic accidents‟ statistics in Nigeria reveal a serious and growing problem with absolute fatality rate and casualty figures rising rapidly. This is a major issue being handled by the Federal Road Safety Commission, as its major role is to curb road traffic accidents on Nigerian roads. The study examined the effectiveness of Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in reducing road traffic accidents in Kaduna state. The objectives were to characterize the commonest period of accidents in Kaduna state; to examine the road traffic enforcement equipments available to FRSC; to assess the measures adopted to reduce road traffic accidents and to examine the working conditions and enforcement capacity of FRSC officials on accident reduction. Four units of FRSC were selected in Kaduna state and four motor parks were also selected to obtain drivers‟ perception. The study was conducted by using two sets of questionnaires: one for the FRSC officials and the other for the commercial vehicle drivers. A total number of 214 questionnaires were used for the study, as completed by the FRSC officials and commercial drivers selected randomly from the four units. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics, T - Test, chi square measured by Likert scale. The study revealed that 78% of the FRSC staff acknowledged that accident is mostly common between April and October and at night, there is a fair provision of enforcement equipments, public enlightenment program is the strategy that was mostly practiced to ensure road safety; 92% of FRSC staff desired special allowances for working at specific time and place and 27.9% of FRSC desired salary increase. The T-Test statistic for record of equipments reported a remarkable difference between number of equipment required and the number available (t> 1.00, p< 0.1) and no difference in the number of available equipments and number working (t< 1.00 ,p> 0.1). Likert scale measured the perception of commercial drivers of FRSC staffs. The study concluded that even though Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) is effective in reducing road traffic accident occurrences in Kaduna state, there aren‟t enough enforcement equipments, strategies and manpower to boost the effect of their activities. It is therefore recommended that adequate and standardised enforcement equipments be provided for all FRSC units in Kaduna state and consultations should be made to all stakeholders on better accident reduction measures.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/7666
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectASSESSMENT,en_US
dc.subjectEFFECTIVENESS,en_US
dc.subjectFEDERAL ROAD SAFETY COMMISSION,en_US
dc.subjectREDUCING ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS,en_US
dc.subjectKADUNA STATE,en_US
dc.subjectNIGERIAen_US
dc.titleAN ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF FEDERAL ROAD SAFETY COMMISSION IN REDUCING ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN KADUNA STATE, NIGERIAen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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