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Statistical Analysis Of Road Accidents
[A CASE IN ENUGU STATE FROM 1993 TO 2000]
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1.1 SOCIO-ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF ROAD ACCIDENTS
Several
aspects of road transport negative impact (road accident) on the
society have already been discussed. Some additional negative effects
deserve mention. Road accidents have significant effects, which they
impact. Adversely on the economic and social welfare of a nation. The
effects on the economy usually take the form of costs which under
certain circumstance can be measured. Some of these costs; private
costs are borne by those responsible for the accident, while others are
social in nature in that society as a whole bears them. In this
section, the study examines specific effects of road accidents.
1.
Traffic hold-up and associated waste: When an accident occurs,
the most easily observed effect is a rapidly built-up traffic holdup.
In the process, fuel is wasted, engines are overheated, delays lead to
lost business and social opportunities. The direct effect is a showed
down and more expansive business transactions.
2. Destruction
of motor vehicle: Road accidents usually entail the complete
destruction of motor vehicle involved. In some cases, the vehicles are
salvaged at considerable cost to owners. In Nigerian environment,
accidental vehicles are either left on the scene of accidents
indefinitely or are towed away to police stations where they are
similarly abandoned. The implication of this practice is that scrap
value of such vehicle is lot to the economy and stock of transportation,
facilities necessary to move people and goods from place to place is
reduced. The opportunities for realizing gains from within an
integrated economic systems are lost, and the welfare of citizen earlier
mentioned corresponding reduced. Loss to the economy arising from road
accidents is easily measurable.
3. Destruction of transport
infrastructure: Accidents destroy valuable road transport
infrastructure whose replacement would cost multiples of the original
capital expenditure. These costs are significantly foreign exchange are
imported. Components of transport infrastructure that may be damaged
include;
i. Roads
ii. Bridges
iii. Culverts etc
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]This project is in compliance with one of the task, I have to shoulder in order to be awarded the Higher National Diploma Certificate in statistics department from Institute of Management and Technology, Enugu, during my final year in the Polytechnic 2004/2005 session emphasizing on Statistical Analysis of Road Accident in Enugu from 1993 to 2000.Road accident has been of great social and economic concern. It has became a total topic for scientific investigation. The number of deaths on th ... Continue reading---
