Causes of Road Crashes on African Roads – Nigerian Roads as a Case Study

摘要

The paper attempts to look into the causes of road crashes leading to deaths on African roads with Nigeria, Bode Saadu as a case study. Bode Saadu falls along the major highway linking the Southern Seaports with the Northern part of the country. This road has been listed as one of the 23 most dangerous roads in the world. The paper also enumerates and explains causes of accident in the country especially along Bode Saadu – Jebba – Mokwa road. It also looks at the establishment of the Federal Road Safety Commission as the Federal Government lead agency and its proffered solution and resolve to reduce the occurrence of road traffic crash and its severity through the use of the 6E’s – intervention strategies approach an expansion of the traditional 3E’s approach . The road factor remains an important issue in road safety in Nigeria.