TY  - CONF
A1  - Oni, S. I.
T1  - Accident and whiplash injuries prevention in Nigeria
N2  - Nigeria ranks one of the highest countries in the world with the largest accident, especially when measured by whiplash associated disorders, whereas, traffic safety education rate, data and information been widely known as preventive indicators have been grossly neglected. In Nigeria, traffic safety enlightenment, awareness, political understanding and appreciation of the problem's magnitude are lacking. This study, therefore, seeks to understand and document the fact that accident causation factors in Nigeria relate more to the problem of development, poverty, knowledge and education as evidenced in most other developing countries. Among the primary accident causation factors on Nigerian roads are: - lack of a transportation system or multi-model integration - sub-standard and obsolete vehicles and road furniture - poor road maintenance, investment and engineering management - paucity of road users' and drivers' knowledge, skill, enlightenment and education of the road Use This paper submits that Nigeria being a developing nation requires purely primitive strategies being cost effective (health wise) than curative measures. It is in this light that an enduring, comprehensive and sustainable traffic safety educational programmes information base and data inventory, analysis and implementations form the focus of this study. This effort will provide basic guidelines framework and implementation procedure for a successful prevention of whiplash associated disorder resulting from road traffic crashes in Nigeria and other parts of the world.
KW  - Erziehung
KW  - Halswirbel
KW  - Konferenz
KW  - Nigeria
KW  - Sicherheit
KW  - Unfall
KW  - Unfallverhütung
KW  - Ursache
KW  - Verhütung
KW  - Verkehr
KW  - Verletzung
KW  - Wirbelsäule
KW  - Accident
KW  - Accident prevention
KW  - Cause
KW  - Cervical vertebrae
KW  - Conference
KW  - Education
KW  - Injury
KW  - Nigeria
KW  - Prevention
KW  - Safety
KW  - Spinal column
KW  - Traffic
Y1  - 2005
UR  - https://bast.opus.hbz-nrw.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/428
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hbz:opus-bast-4284
ER  -