A COMPARISON OF THE NIGERIAN ROAD TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT FORM WITH OTHER SELECTED COUNTRIES

Authors

  • SULEIMAN ABDULRAHMAN Department of Geotechnics and Transportation, School of Civil Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 Johor, Malaysia.,Department of Civil Engineering, Kebbi State University of Science and Technology Aliero, P.O.BOX 1144, Kebbi State, Nigeria.
  • IBRAHIM KAMORU ADEMOLA Department of Civil Engineering, Kebbi State University of Science and Technology Aliero, P.O.BOX 1144, Kebbi State, Nigeria.
  • KABIRU USMAN ROGO Department of Geotechnics and Transportation, School of Civil Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 Johor, Malaysia,Department of Civil Engineering, School of Engineering Technology, Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic Zaria, P.M.B 1061, Kaduna State, Nigeria.
  • ABDUL-BASIT SA’EED AHMAD Department of Civil Engineering, Kaduna Polytechnic, PMB 2021, Kaduna State, Nigeria.

Keywords:

Transport safety, Highway, Road accident, Traffic.

Abstract

Road Traffic Crash (RTC) report is the main source of information for any crash database. The
preliminary crash report prepared by the Police contains factual information known
immediately after the crash. Different agencies use different formats in preparing RTC reports.
This paper compares the content of the Nigerian RTC report form with that of other selected
ten (10) agencies from developed and developing countries in terms of three (03) traffic-related
parameters. The studied RTC forms were from California, Florida, Oregon, Texas, and
Louisiana, USA. Others are British Columbia of Canada, Kent of England, Bangladesh,
Malaysia, and Sri Lanka. The result shows that information contents vary significantly, and
agencies need to readdress the contents and coverage of the necessary information in the forms.
In the Nigerian form, there is no clear information on the road surface condition at the crash
scene even though the road surface condition (such as Potholes/Patching, Rutting,
Hydroplaning or Slippery) contributes to lots of crashes on the Nigerian roads. Also, the forms
from Nigeria, Kent County and Sri Lanka can lead to under-reporting of the collision type at
the accident scene. Moreover, the information captured in the Nigerian Road Traffic Crash
Information Form (RTI 01) is not comprehensive enough in conducting an in-depth
investigation and analysis of the accident records. As such the study recommends improving
the contents of the form.

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Published

2020-07-13

How to Cite

ABDULRAHMAN, S. ., ADEMOLA, I. K. ., ROGO, K. U. ., & AHMAD, A.-B. S. . (2020). A COMPARISON OF THE NIGERIAN ROAD TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT FORM WITH OTHER SELECTED COUNTRIES. BIMA JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (2536-6041), 4(01), 222-231. Retrieved from https://journals.gjbeacademia.com/index.php/bimajst/article/view/180

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 01 (2020): Vol. 4 No. 1 July 2020

Section

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