The crash helmet legislation in Nigeria: A before-and-after study

✍ Scribed by S.E. Asogwa

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1980
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 505 KB
• Volume: 12
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0001-4575
• DOI: 10.1016/0001-4575(80)90021-4

✦ Synopsis

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the introduction of legislation for compulsory crash helmet wear by motorcyclists in Anambra State of Nigeria there was, contrary to expectation, an increase (though not statistically s~g~ificant~ in the case fatality ratio from road crashes involving motorcyclists notwithstanding a high wear rate (%.4%) and use of right type of helmet by the majority (90.9%l. The finding that a high percentage did not wear their helmets well-secured was thought to be responsible for this in view of the fact that 61.9% of wrong wearers thought they wore them correctly. This underlines the need for education as a prerequisite to any road traffic accident counter-measure.