CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

A road is a path established on lands for the passage of motor vehicles, people and animals. It provides dependable pathways for the movement of people and goods from one place to another.

Roads are typically smooth, paved or otherwise, prepared to allow easy travel. Historically, many roads were simply traditional or local routes without any formal construction or maintenance.

Among the various categories of road users such as the pedestrian, cyclist, motorcyclist, animal; the motorist is the major. This class of road user is enclosed in motor vehicles. The motor vehicle is a means of transportation for people and goods as well. The motor vehicle is an important factor in the social economic development of a nation. This is a factor that cannot be overlooked.

Inspite the usefulness or the important roles of this means of transportation, there is a very sad or unpleasant effect accompanied the transportation agent is known as Road Accident or Road Crashes.

Accident, according to Oxford Advanced Learner Dictionary, is an unpleasant event that happens or occurs unexpectedly and cause damage or injury. Accident from the writer of this project is an unpleasant experience or event that occurs cause injury or death. Road accident or crashes can therefore, be referred to as accident which occurs as a result of the use of vehicles including motor cycles on the public highways, such as two-lane highways, dual carriage ways, expressways and even private drive pathways.

Road accidents may be minor, serious or fatal. It could be self involved or involving two or more vehicles and a pedestrian.

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