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Evaluating The Contribution Of Bad Roads On The Occurrence Of Automobile Accidents In Nigeria
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STATEMENT OF PROBLEM
The failure of successive governments in Nigeria
to fix the death traps called roads in Nigeria has no doubt caused so
much pain to temporal and frequent road users. The bad roads across the
nation are nothing to write home about. Government at all levels must be
alive to their responsibilities to make sure all roads in Nigeria are
safe and motorable.
poor road conditions could not only contribute to
a hollow journey. Roads may deteriorate to the extent of risk. This
involves potholes, rough road conditions, cracked asphalt and exposed
rebars. If a car hits a big pothole, the tire could burst into another
lane and crash into another car. Uneven road surfaces can cause a driver
to lose control of their vehicle, leading to a crash or rollover
accident injuring the driver, passengers, and pedestrians.
Failure
along Nigerian roads affects both the road users and the vehicles . Some
of the effects identified are increased accident rate, increase in
faulty vehicles, high vehicle maintenance cost and increase in travel
time either due to traffic congestion or due to bad nature of road
section. Other effects of bad roads include insecurity posed by
criminals at failed sections of roads, risk of flooding and erosion and
adverse effect on economic development . As identified by Ndefo (2012)
signs of bad road Failures includes: Potholes and Cracks, Depression on
road surface, Development of Gully due to erosion, failed road
shoulders, Faulty Drainage, Faulty Traffic signals and Street lights and
Wiping off of Lane markings .Ndefo (2012) opined that most Nigerian
roads are non- functioning according to the standard of a safe road.
OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
The following are the primary objectives of this study;
To find out the causes of bad roads in Nigeria.
To find out the contribution of bad roads on auto-mobile accidents in Nigeria
To find out measures to maintain and keep roads in good condition
RESEARCH QUESTIONS
What are the causes of bad roads in Nigeria ?
What are the contribution of bad roads in automobile accidents in Nigeria?
What measures have been put in place to maintain and keep roads in good condition?
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
This
study will be of significance to the government and the general public
because it draws to their attention the contribution of bad roads on
automobile accident and measures on how to maintain and keep roads in
good condition to avoid accidents and even untimely death
SCOPE OF THE STUDY
This
study will focus on the contribution of bad roads on automobile
accidents in Nigeria. The respondents will be residents of River states.
LIMITATION OF THE STUDY
Finance
has been a major challenge during the course of this study,availability
of materials and time constraint has also been a major challenge
encountered.
DEFINITION OF TERMS
BAD ROADS: This refers to when a road is not maintained well and kept in a bad condition
AUTOMOBILE
ACCIDENTS: This is when a vehicle collides with another vehicle
,pedestrian,animal,tree,pole etc.this often results in
death,injury,disability,property damage .
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