Analysis of Road Traffic Violations on Passengers and Freights Transport in Minna Metroplis

Abstract

Traffic violations are major causes of congestion. Unfortunately hundreds of innocent souls are lost due to accidents brought about by traffic violations on mobility. This study analyzes road traffic violations on passenger and freights transport in Minna metropolis. Both primary and secondary data were collected from VIO headquarters where a census sampling techniques was adopted. The data gathered were analysis by the use of descriptive statistics such as tabulation, frequency, charts, and ranking-order. Findings from the study revealed that there are fourteen (14) common traffic violations and the major traffic offences include; road traffic light, expired vehicle papers, driver’s license, dangerous loading, and failure to produce vehicle papers on-demand respectively. The main reasons for the violation of traffic in the study area are negative attitude of motorist and reduction of travel time/saving of fuel attested by 45.2% and 27.4% of the respondents respectively. Furthermore, to ascertain the effects of traffic violations on mobility, 38.4% of the respondents attested to the fact that crashes leads to death, 31.5% affirmed crashes leads to injury, and 15% attested to traffic congestion respectively. It is therefore recommended that adequate information dissemination on traffic rules and regulations with emphasis on traffic light, and introduction of traffic safety education into the system is the most potent method to reducing traffic violation.