NO VACCINE AGAINST ROAD DEATHS

Accidents on Nigerian roads have reached such epidemic proportions that adults are more liable to die on the road than to perish from communicable diseases. However, unlike communicable diseases, there are no immunizations against road accidents. A 1973 study suggested that Nigeria and Uganda had the highest automobile fatality rates in proportion to automobile registration in the world. The causative factors in these accidents can be explained in terms of the "epidemiological triangle"--the host, the agent and the environment. These three factors, namely the vehicle, the driver and the road, interact together to produce the road accidents. In an attempt to reduce the motor vehicle death toll, authorities are considering such measures as mandatory safety education for all drivers, stricter traffic laws, and a clampdown on drunken drivers. Also being considered are health examinations, including eye tests.

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  International Association for Accident and Traffic Medicine

  Huddinge University Hospital Center, Traffic Medicine Center
  Stockholm,   Sweden  141 86
• Authors:
  • ADEBAYO, A
• Publication Date: 1985

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 15
• Serial:
  • Journal of traffic medicine
  • Volume: 13
  • Issue Number: 1-2
  • Publisher: International Association for Accident and Traffic Medicine
  • ISSN: 0345-5564

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash causes; Drivers; Drunk drivers; Drunk driving; Epidemiology; Fatalities; Medical examinations and tests; Traffic crashes; Traffic regulations; Traffic safety education; Vision
• Uncontrolled Terms: Traffic laws
• Geographic Terms: Nigeria
• Old TRIS Terms: Driver vision
• Subject Areas: Education and Training; Highways; Law; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00453175
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-039 339
• Files: HSL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Feb 28 1986 12:00AM