scholarly journals Assessment of Incident of Road Traffic Accident along Yola Gombe Route

2021 ◽  
Vol 04 (07) ◽  
Author(s):  
Innocent Reuben ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Hot Spots ◽  
Road Traffic Accident ◽  
Traffic Accident ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Road Accident ◽  
Economic Losses ◽  
Gis And Remote Sensing ◽  
Mode Of Occurrence ◽  
Road Data

Road traffic accident has become a prevalent and re-occurring phenomenon in Nigeria which constitutes a menace in modern times. Although all the developed and developing countries have suffer from various degrees of road accidents the developing countries clearly dominates with Nigeria having the second highest road accident among the 193 ranked countries of the world. This research aimed at identifying and assessing road accident hot spots between 2012 and 2016 along Yola/Gombe road. Data was collected from the accident hot spots using GIS/GPS techniques. The data was used to map out these accident hot spots. It also assessed the nature, mode of occurrence and types of injuries associated with the accidents within the study area. It further assesses the types and condition of the vehicle with the highest involvement in the accident within the study area.. GIS and Remote sensing method were used to analyse and georeference the map by throwing the coordinates of the accident hotspots that were picked and Data was also collected from Federal Road Safety Commission. These were analysed statistically. Result was used in this research. The study shows that between 2012 and 2016 about 2846 accidents were witnessed, 1,027 people died, 9017 people sustained various degrees of injuries and 3,384 vehicles were involved in the accidents. The causes of accident were observed. The preventive measures were suggested. The study recommended the need to seriously view road traffic regulations seeing them as human induced problem that demand an urgent attention. Such action is aimed at preventing untimely deaths, social, and economic losses and impacts on average Nigerians.

scholarly journals Application of coevolutionary genetic algorithms in the problems of determining the place of contact of investigated objects in the examination of road traffic accident

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 113-121
Author(s):  
Ya. V. Vasilyev ◽  
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V. V. Voronin ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Algorithms ◽  
Road Traffic Accident ◽  
Traffic Accident ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Road Accident ◽  
Expert Study

This article considers the method of applying coevolutionary genetic algorithms when performing an expert study to determine the place of vehicles` collision or the place of a vehicle`s collision with a pedestrian in the reconstruction of a road accident. The results of calculation by the proposed method and calculation by the generally accepted method are compared.

An Empirical Inquiry into Maintenance Work of Auto-Mechanics and its Relative Bearing on Road Traffic Accidents - A Developing Country Case, Ghana

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 ◽  
pp. 139-160
Author(s):  
Aaron Agbenyegah Agbo ◽  
Wen Feng Li ◽  
Lan Bo Zheng ◽  
Charles Atombo
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Road Traffic Accident ◽  
Traffic Accident ◽  
Traffic Accidents ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Quality Standard ◽  
Mechanical Failure ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Road Traffic Accidents ◽  
Work Quality

Road traffic accidents are challenges the world is battling in recent times. Majority of increasing road fatalities occurs in developing countries. This study seeks to address part of the issues leading to mechanical failures and road traffic accidents in the developing countries with Ghana as a case study. The study model was validated with the use of a sample collected from 880 mechanics from six regions. The mechanics completed questionnaire measures of perception on used parts, brand new parts, mechanical failure, road accidents and demographic variables. In addition, observation and survey method were also used to collect the data on work quality. The result shows that mechanical failure and road traffic accident correlated positively with used parts and negatively correlated with brand new parts. The study model explained R2 = 0.46 and 0.65 of the variance in mechanical failure and road traffic accident respectively. The independent predictors of mechanical failure were age, gender, experience, perception about used parts and work quality. The predictors of road traffic accident were experience, mechanical failure, perception about brand new parts and work quality. We conclude that the mechanical failure and road traffic accidents could be attributed to non-use of genuine parts, poor work quality standard and poor supervision during and after repairs. Remedial measures addressing these issues could reduce road traffic accident in Ghana.

A study on Private Car Accidents

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-24
Author(s):  
Abdulmajeed Alamri ◽  
Tarek M. Esmael ◽  
Sami Fawzy ◽  
Hany Hosny ◽  
Saleh Attawi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Road Traffic Accident ◽  
Traffic Accident ◽  
Traffic Accidents ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Road Traffic Injury ◽  
Economic Losses ◽  
Moving Vehicle ◽  
The Road ◽  
Lost Productivity ◽  
On The Road

In this study, road traffic injury (RTI) was defined as any injury resulting from a road traffic accident irrespective of severity and outcome. Road traffic accident (RTA) was defined as any crash on the road involving at least one moving vehicle, irrespective of it resulting in an injury. This could include collision with a vehicle or any non`moving object while driving/riding a vehicle, collision with a moving vehicle while walking/running/standing/ sitting on the road, or fall from a moving vehicle. The burden of road traffic accidents (RTA) is a leading cause of all trauma admissions in hospitals worldwide. Road traffic injuries cause considerable economic losses to victims, their families, and to nations as a whole. These losses arise from the cost of treatment (including rehabilitation and incident investigation) as well as reduced/lost productivity (e.g. in wages) for those killed or disabled by their injuries and for family members who need to take time off work (or school) to care for the injured. Road traffic fatality in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) is the highest, accounts for 4.7% of all mortalities. Road injuries also are reported to be the most serious in this country, with an accident to injury ratio of 8:6. In this study, we try to focus on some causes of the accidents in KSA, so we can implement the prevention plan.

scholarly journals Analysis of Road Traffic Safety in Minna Niger State, Nigeria

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adebayo Owolabi Oyetubo ◽  
Oluwaseyi Joseph Afolabi ◽  
Muhammed Etudaiye Ohida
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Safety ◽  
Road Traffic Accident ◽  
Traffic Accident ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Analytical Techniques ◽  
Road Accident ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Safety Issues ◽  
Road Traffic Safety

AbstractRoad traffic accident is one of the major causes of death in Nigeria. Road accidents have taken away so many lives in Nigeria today that hardly does any single disease match its mortality prowess. People have died prematurely and properties worth several millions of Naira have been lost as a result of road traffic accident. This paper gives a full discussion on road traffic safety issues and the methodology used were through the collection of data using questionnaire and accident information from the Nigeria Police Force, FRSC etc. The primary information for this research was sourced through the use of structured questionnaire, personal observation and interviews of road users in the study area. Secondary data emanated from published and unpublished sources such as government records, internet, journals, books etc. The findings were presented in descriptive and inferential form using frequencies, percentages, tables, mean and chi-square analytical techniques. The findings from the study revealed among many others; that Male involved more in road accident compare to female counterpart in Minna Niger State. Private car had more accident compare to Taxi, The number of accident in each zone does not depend on the population of that zone, etc.

scholarly journals PROCESSING OF AEROPICTURES AT THE PLACE OF AN ACCIDENT ON THE WEB-PORTAL «INFORMATION AND ANALYTICAL CENTRE OF MONITORING OF ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS»

2020 ◽  
Vol 73 (4) ◽  
pp. 189-195
Author(s):  
Yuliya Atamanenko ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles ◽  
Road Traffic Accident ◽  
Traffic Accident ◽  
Traffic Accidents ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Road Accident ◽  
Aerial Photographs ◽  
Road Traffic Accidents ◽  
Web Portal ◽  
The Web

The article presents theoretical substantiation of the methodological basis for use of aeropictures of unmanned aerial vehicles of the "micro" class, namely DJI Phantom 3 Professional and GIS-technologies during the mapping of the site of an accident. A structural and functional model of the web portal "Information and Analytical Centre for Monitoring of Road Traffic Accidents" has been developed and implemented, which allows to fully use aerial photographs of unmanned aerial vehicles to increase the efficiency of road accident mapping technology. A step-by-step technological scheme for processing aerial photographs of the scene of accidents on the web portal "Information and Analytical Centre for Monitoring of Road Traffic Accidents" is proposed. It should be noted that the structure of the web portal "Information and Analytical Centre for Monitoring of Road Traffic Accidents" includes the subsection "Registration of a traffic accident report" and the subsection "Add a participant of an accident", which ensures the registration of personal materials of the participants of a road traffic accident. Thus, the result of registration of an accident on the web portal is the documentation of the registered accident in the form of a generated report, which includes personal materials of the participants of an accident and orthophotos of the scene of an accident. Thus, it is definite that the developed geo-information support of the web portal "Information and Analytical Centre for Monitoring of Road Traffic Accidents" is intended for collection, registration, mapping, formation and issuance of relevant documentation of an accident. The application of this innovative solution to the process of registration and mapping of road traffic accidents allows to solve a number of issues related to the process of registration and mapping of road accidents, namely: the issue of traffic jams will be resolved; the process of registration of road accident is automated; the accuracy and reliability of the made schemes of a place of a road traffic accident will increase; the number of controversial issues will decrease; the received materials can be used for other purposes (adoption of motivated decisions on court cases, execution of reasoned payments by insurance companies), and accordingly the corruption component will decrease.

Assessment of Mortality Pattern Based on Autopsy in Victims of Road Traffic Accident

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (10) ◽  
pp. 2890-2892
Author(s):  
Shahla Imran ◽  
Ghulam Muhayudin ◽  
Sadia Abdul Qayyum ◽  
Inayatullah Magsi ◽  
Sono Mal ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Road Traffic Accident ◽  
Traffic Accident ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Road Accident ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
Forensic Investigation ◽  
Head Region ◽  
Mortality Pattern ◽  
The World ◽  
Car Accident

Background: The Trauma and road accident is considered as major cause mortality in the young adults’ populations around the world. The understanding the importance of forensic investigation of un-natural deaths, accidental injuries and suicidal cases is required by medical staff and patients’ family members. Objective: To asses of mortality pattern based on autopsy in victims of road traffic accident Study Design: Retrospective study Place and Duration of the Study: Medicolegal Section of Liaquat University Hospital Hyderabad, Pakistan from 1st January 2018 to 31st December 2019. Methodology: Six hundred and twenty nine autopsies were included. Deaths due to road traffic accident were included. Results: There were 472 males and 157 females between 31 to 50 years. Two hundred and forty nine patients were admitted in ICU. Two hundred and fourteen patients had affected head region followed by face 104 injuries. While 74 had affected neck, 67 affected thorax, 63 affected abdominal region, 52 affected spine and 55 had affected lower extremities.173 were died due to damage of central nervous system. The damages were due to car accident was 62, motorbike 73, rickshaw 22 and other reasons 14. One hundred and forty patients were died due to fracture of skull. Conclusion: The mortalities rates are under reported in majority of accidental cases due to lacking of autopsies procedures. Keywords: Autopsy, Assessment, Mortality pattern, Road traffic accident

scholarly journals A spatiotemporal appraisal of road traffic accident in Kaduna metropolis, Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 209-226
Author(s):  
Abdulkadir Muhammed Yahaya ◽  
◽  
Abdullahi Sani Yusuf ◽  
Inusa Musa ◽  
Fatima Ilyasu Maaji ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hot Spots ◽  
Road Safety ◽  
Traffic Accident ◽  
Field Survey ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Road Accident ◽  
Road Accidents ◽  
The Road ◽  
Road Users

Purpose: Road accident has been claiming lives and no amount of research will be enough to expose the causes and dangers. This study appraises the causes and analyses the variation of road accidents in the Kaduna metropolis, intending to reduce it. Research methodology: The data used was obtained from Federal Road Safety Corps and complemented by the researchers’ field survey. Eight members of the research team went to the 24 bus stops identified each month rotationally. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were applied in the analysis. Results: There was a high correlation of mortality and road accident injuries as confirmed by r-value 0.7 using pearson product moment correlation. Accidents occur most in the morning and afternoon and the season with most accident occurrence was the dry season. The combination of over speeding and other factors were the major causes of road accidents. Limitations: The study used data published in 2016, although a follow-up data verification was conducted in 2017 and 2018. Therefore, the study is old and the results might have changed and might not necessarily be reliable. Contribution: Road accidents hot spots areas, causes, and patterns were exposed to guide the road users in order to avoid the accident. The study can also be replicated in other study areas with similar characteristics.

scholarly journals Road traffic accidents with head injury: delay in treatment and socioeconomic and legal impact

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 25
Author(s):  
. Urfi ◽  
Ali Amir ◽  
Salman Khalil ◽  
Mohd F. Hoda
Keyword(s):  
Head Injury ◽  
Road Traffic Accident ◽  
Traffic Accident ◽  
Traffic Accidents ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Economic Losses ◽  
Hospital Treatment ◽  
Road Traffic Accidents ◽  
Cross Sectional

Background: Road traffic accidents (RTAs) with the head injury warrants early treatment. The delay in receiving the specialized care adversely affects the outcome. Economic losses due to RTA with the Head Injury amount of Rs 550 crores (12.5 billion dollars), an amount that equals our defense budget. Insurance of vehicles and victims and compensation claims are related legal issues. The Objectives of the study were: 1. To analyze the delay in reaching the hospital following the Road Traffic Accident with Head Injury. 2. To study the pattern of pre-hospital treatment received. 3. To measure the socioeconomic and legal impact of Road Traffic Accident cases with Head Injury.Methods: A hospital based cross-sectional study was conducted in casualty and allied departments of Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College and Hospital, Aligarh. All cases of RTA with Head Injury admitted from August 2010 to July 2011 who were 15-45 years of age were included in the study using purposive sampling. Data was analyzed with SPSS 20.Results: A total of 463 patients were included in the study. Almost two-third of patients i.e. 315 (68.0%) were brought to hospital within 6 hours and the remaining 148 (32.0%) reached hospital after lapse of 6 or more hours. Of all patients who reached hospital before 6 hours, only 70 males and 10 females received some form of pre-hospital treatment. The mean expenditure during hospital stay was Rs.3663.71. About 51.6% of patients had to stay for 1-3 days in hospital following a head injury. As many as three-fourth of vehicles involved in accident were insured while just 14.3% of patients were insured. Only 5 (1.1%) out of the 463 patients applied for compensation till the time of interview.Conclusions: Reaching hospital early has direct bearing on final outcome of accidents. RTAs with Head Injury lead to variable out-of-pocket expenditure for patients and their attendants. Majority of victims do not have insurance, though insurance of vehicles is a common practice.

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