Assessement of Human Factors as Determinants of Road Traffic Accidents among Commercial Vehicle Drivers in GbonyinLocal Government Area of Ekiti State, Nigeria

The study examined the assessement of human factors as determinants of road traffic accidents among commercial vehicle drivers in Gbonyin Local Government Area of Ekiti State. 210 structured questionnaires were administered to commercial vehicle drivers at motor parks in selected towns in the study area. The descriptive statistics of frequency counts and simple percentage was used to analyze demographic data of the respondents while inferential statistics of linear regression was used to analyze data collected. Findings indicated that about 60% of the drivers were below 45 years while over 70% of them have no more than secondary education-out of which 16% have no formal education while 11% had primary school certificate. Also, it was revealed that driving under the influence of alcohol was the most significant determinant of road traffic accidents among others with F-ratio 2.506, p<0.05; excessive speeding F-ratio was 1.342, p<0.05; indiscriminate parking F-ratio was 1.414, p<0.05; impressionistic-driving F-ratio was 1.014, p<0.05; and sleepiness F-ratio was 1.454, p<0.05. The paper call for eradication of all alcohol sellers at every parks and proactive drivers’ education and training as well as effective law enforcement in order to reduce the level of carnage on Nigerian.