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Use of Mobile Phone by Intercity Commercial Motorist in Three Towns in Benue State, Nigeria - A Threat to Road Crash

Year: 2013

Type: article

Abstract: Inappropriate use of mobile phone by motorist has become an emerging issue of concern, most especially in low-and middle-income countries where majority of road accidents occur annually. A cross sectional descriptive study was conducted among 360 intercity commercial motorist in three towns in Benue State, Nigeria between April and May, 2013 using multi-staged sampling technique to assess the practice of mobile phones and the associated prevalence of auto clash. The data were analysed using SPSS (version 17) with statistical significant set at p-value of 0.05. Ninety-five (26.4%) receive calls only, 7921.9%) receive and made calls, 18(5.0%) made calls only, 14(3.9%) read or send sms text messages, while 57(15.8 %) engaged in all forms of use of mobile phone (i.e calls and sms text messages). Majority (72.5 %) of the respondents who had experienced auto crash, had it while using phone and driving at the same time. The relationship between accident and use of mobile phones while driving was statistically significant (p value = 0.003). Nigerian Federal Road Safety Corps and other government agencies should discourage

Source: International Journal of Sciences: Basic and Applied Research

Authors: Audu Onyemocho, Johnbull Sonny Ogboi, Joshua Istifanus Anekoson, Abah Emmanuel Raphael, Igbabul Shember-Agela

Institution: Università di Camerino

Language: English

Topic: Traffic and Road Safety

Subfield: Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality

Field: Engineering

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDGs: Good health and well-being, Sustainable cities and communities, Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Open Access status: diamond

Funders: National Institute for Health and Care Research, NIHR School for Primary Care Research

Awards: G2984672829, G2990570543