title: Road accident trends in Nigeria.
abstract: A study of road accident trends in Nigeria between the period 1960 and 1989 revealed a sharp increase in fatal accident occurrence. Between 1960 and 1969, it was observed that over 18,000 deaths occurred as a result of road accidents. By the third decade (1980-1989), this figure had increased to about five times, i.e. more than 92,000 deaths. Reasons for the severity of road accidents in Nigeria are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Benin, Nigeria.
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Oluwasanmi
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000401:mortality / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D009549:Nigeria / Q000453:epidemiology