Abstract

This research work focused on the increasing rate, of auto-crash accident (motor accident) in recent time in Edo state. An effort has been made to examine the primaryl causes of the motor-accident with a peculiar reference to ikpoba okha local government area of Edo state. Data used were secondary, obtained from the records departments of Nigeria police service (NPF) ikpoba okha local government police division and federal road safety corps (FRSC), Benin city. Decriptive statistic and regressive analysis were employed to analyze the data. Based on this promote findings were made, solutions and recommendation were profound.

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Introduction

A road is a path established on lands for the passage of motor vehicles, people and animals. It provides dependable pathways for the movement of people and goods from one place to another.
Roads are typically smooth, paved or otherwise, prepared to allow easy travel. Historically, many roads were simply traditional or local routes without any formal construction or maintenance.
Among the various categories of road users such as the pedestrian, cyclist, motorcyclist, animal; the motorist is the major. This class of road user is enclosed in motor vehicles. The motor vehicle is a means of transportation for people and goods as well. The motor vehicle is an important factor in the social economic development of a nation. This is a factor that cannot be overlooked.
Inspite the usefulness or the important roles of this means of transportation, there is a very sad or unpleasant effect accompanied the transportation agent is known as Road Accident or Road Crashes.
Accident, according to Oxford Advanced Learner Dictionary, is an unpleasant event that happens or occurs unexpectedly and cause damage or injury. Accident from the writer of this project is an unpleasant experience or event that occurs cause injury or death. Road accident or crashes can therefore, be referred to as accident which occurs as a result of the use of vehicles including motor cycles on the public highways, such as two-lane highways, dual carriage ways, expressways and even private drive pathways.
Road accidents may be minor, serious or fatal. It could be self involved or involving two or more vehicles and a pedestrian.
Road accident has resulted in more waste of lives and property than diseases and sundry ailment put together. It has become the major cause of death and human deformity in Ikpoba Okha Local Government Edo State in particular.
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) and The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) have reported that most people lost their lives through road accident. Through road accident, some people in Ikpoba Okha have been deprived of their bread winners and loved ones. Some citizens of Ikpoba Okha that were very active and productive have lost their lives while some have be disfigured which in turn make them handicap and incapacitated and are enviously useless and become burden to their families and the society. As a result of Road accident, this sad effect cannot be allowed to affect the general public before solution can be profound. Since it is duty of every individual, the government to profound solution, there is therefore the need to establish the past trend of road accident which occurs in Ikpoba Okha and to establish the underlying causes of such ugly situation and some of the possible solutions to reduce or eliminate this road accident.

The Increasing Rate Of Auto-Crash (Motor Accident) In Recent Times In Edo State

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