TY - JOUR AU - Babalola, Obafemi J. AU - Nguku, Patrick AU - Yellman, Merissa A. PY - 2019/05/30 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Sustainable Development Goal 3.6 and road traffic injury surveillance, Nigeria West Africa,2013–2016 JF - Online Journal of Public Health Informatics JA - OJPHI VL - 11 IS - 1 SE - Public/Population Health: Injury Surveillance DO - 10.5210/ojphi.v11i1.9931 UR - https://ojphi.org/ojs/index.php/ojphi/article/view/9931 SP - AB - <p>Objective</p><p>This study aimed to describe RTC characteristics and trends in Nigeria and determine progress towards halving RTC-related deaths/injuries by 2020 [i.e., Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Target 3.6].</p><p>Introduction</p><p>Globally, road traffic crashes (RTCs) annually kill 1.3 million people and injure 20-50 million others. Nigeria accounts for an estimated 15% of RTC deaths in the WHO African Region.</p><p>Methods</p><p>We abstracted, cleaned, and analyzed RTC surveillance data routinely collected from crash scenes from 2013-2016. Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) is the lead agency for RTC surveillance and regularly collates data from the 6 geopolitical zones (which contain the 36 Nigerian States and the Federal Capital Territory). We defined <strong>road traffic injury </strong>as a fatal or non-fatal <strong>injury </strong>incurred from collision on a public <strong>road</strong> involving ≥1 moving vehicle(s). We calculated descriptive statistics, frequencies, and proportions to describe RTC characteristics and trends.</p><p>Results</p><p>From 2013-2016, 283,949 persons were involved in 42,813 RTCs, resulting in 23,412 deaths and 127,264 injuries. Twenty-eight percent of RTCs involved ≥1 fatality. Ninety percent of persons involved in RTCs were ≥18 years old, with a male-female ratio of 3:1. The same proportion was also found for RTC deaths and for injuries. Despite containing only 15% of the country’s population, the North-Central geopolitical zone accounted for 37% of RTCs. The most common cause of RTCs was speed violations (26%). From 2013-2016, there were reductions of 30% for RTCs, 22% for number of fatalities, and 25% for number of injuries.</p><p>Conclusions</p><p>Nigeria reduced RTC deaths/injuries and achieved modest progress toward SDG Target 3.6. To further progress, FRSC can help by enhancing enforcement of speed violations and by educating road users about road safety practices. Also, they could investigate why certain geographical areas had disproportionate amounts of RTCs, deaths, and injuries.</p><p> </p> ER -