Articles and Publications

DISCLAIMER:  This page contains links to several articles and discussions about Nigerian road safety that have appeared in the online press.  Road Safety Nigeria has not created these articles and does not necessarily support the opinions or views expressed in them.  No claims are made regarding the accuracy of the information presented in the articles.

'Nigeria: Driving to Death'

At the end of November 2007, the Worldpress.org website published a short article on the sad state of road safety in Nigeria.
 

'Impatient Motorists Cause Accidents'

An article from a July 2006 edition of the The Sun focuses on driver impatience as a common contributor to road traffic accidents, especially those involving excessive speed.
 

'Pregnancy outcome in women involved in road traffic accidents in Sokoto'

One of the worrying statistics presented by this paper from the Nigerian Journal of Surgical Research is that "Seventy seven percent of all admissions into one emergency medical centre in Lagos were due to road traffic accidents."

http://www.bioline.org.br/request?sr04013
 

'Nigera and Global Road Safety'

In this article from August 2004 that originally appeared in the Daily Champion newspaper, Chude Charles Ojugbana summarises his views on the road safety issues affecting Nigerians.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200408231145.html
 

'Nigeria, Togo, Benin to Cooperate on Road Safety'

This afrol New Report from August 2004 describes how a new organization is being set up to coordinate road safety initiatives in West Africa.
http://www.afrol.com/articles/13814
 

FG Plans Review of Traffic Laws

This April 2004 report originating from the Vanguard newspaper examines the Federal Road Safety Commission's intention to review the laws and regulations associated with various road safety issues including drink-driving.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200404020624.html
 

'Anatomy of a Lagos Traffic Jam' - A Nigerian Village Square feature

This review by Shoko Loko Bangoshe from August 2003 looks at the assorted varieties of traffic jam that can be encountered in Lagos.
http://www.nigeriavillagesquare1.com/LagosTraffic.html

'Eye Tests for Lagos Bus Drivers'

A BBC report from March 2001 that describes how free eye tests were offered to the city's commercial drivers.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1238651.stm
 

An Encounter with Nigeria's Traffic Police

On returning home to Nigeria after an absence of two years, BBC journalist Osasu Obayiuwana writes of his experiences with the traffic police.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4599541.stm
 

'On the Buses in Lagos'

A short BBC article from 2001 on the molues and danfos - the yellow buses that play an important part in the life of many Lagos inhabitants.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1186572.stm
 

14th ICTCT Workshop - 2000

A paper entitled 'Improved road traffic environment for better child safety in Nigeria' was published by Joshua Adetunji Odeleye of the Nigerian Railway Corporation at the 14th Workshop of the ICTCT, under the subject 'Pedestrians and Road Design'.

24th Baltic Road Association Conference - 2000

As part of Seminar B1, Dr. Samuel Iyiola Oni from Lagos University published papers on the topics of night-time road-use and driver education.
http://www.balticroads.org/1_5_1_2.html