Odinfono Jude Ubaka, Olawole Moses Olaniran
Federal Road Safety Corps, Osogbo, Nigeria.
Department of Geography, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
Traffic Inj Prev. 2025;26(2):236-242. doi: 10.1080/15389588.2024.2398670. Epub 2024 Oct 15.
This study qualitatively examined road traffic crash (RTC) data collection and management in southwest Nigeria, with the goal of addressing the tenets of the UN Decade of Action Plan on Road Safety's call for an effective data system.
Data on RTCs data collection in the study area was obtained through key informant interviews with five hospital accident emergency unit directors, three Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) Sector commanders, and three Nigeria Police Force (NPF) commissioners. Datasets were transcribed, categorized, and interpreted using content analysis, descriptive statistics, and WHO recommended minimal crash data element requirements.
The study found disparate systems, a lack of synergy, and discrepancy in the various data sources in the country when compared with WHO recommendations on road traffic data collection systems, with 55% of agencies using non-standardized paper forms. The study also reveals that the minimum crash data elements recommended by WHO are not consistently captured in the NPF, FRSC, and hospital traffic crash data sources.
The study suggested the use of an upgraded National Road Traffic Crash Data Management System (NRTCDMS) Data Template to unify data gathering and linkage issues, but recommends a digital version of the template.
本研究对尼日利亚西南部的道路交通事故（RTC）数据收集和管理进行了定性研究，旨在响应联合国道路安全十年行动计划中关于建立有效数据系统的要求。
通过与五家医院事故急救科主任、三名联邦道路安全委员会（FRSC）部门指挥官和三名尼日利亚警察部队（NPF）专员进行关键信息访谈，获取了研究区域内道路交通事故数据收集的数据。使用内容分析、描述性统计和世界卫生组织推荐的最低事故数据元素要求对数据集进行转录、分类和解释。
与世界卫生组织关于道路交通数据收集系统的建议相比，该研究发现该国存在不同的系统、缺乏协同作用以及各数据源之间存在差异，55%的机构使用非标准化纸质表格。该研究还表明，世界卫生组织推荐的最低事故数据元素在尼日利亚警察部队、联邦道路安全委员会和医院交通事故数据源中并未得到一致记录。
该研究建议使用升级后的国家道路交通事故数据管理系统（NRTCDMS）数据模板来统一数据收集和链接问题，但建议采用该模板的数字版本。
