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<doi>/ISEC.res.2017.124</doi>
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<article-title>ROAD SAFETY AUDIT: A CASE STUDY</article-title>
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<author>CUMHUR AYDIN<sup>1</sup> and NURA BALLA<sup>2</sup></author>

<aff><sup>1</sup>Civil Engineering Dept, European University of Lefke, North Cyprus, Turkey<br/>
<sup>2</sup>Civil Engineer, Kaduna, Nigeria</aff>


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<title>ABSTRACT</title>
<p>As a consequence of increasing traffic volume and mobility, road accidents have been a
serious problem especially in low and middle-income countries. The number of road
accidents in such countries tends to increase every year. Considering different
contributing factors to the road accidents, road and its environment have played an
important role. Road safety audits and road safety inspections have been worldwide
used tools to monitor and to evaluate road projects and existing road sections from the
safety perspective. In this study, through the evaluation of different safety auditing
techniques applied in the world, a case study on a Nigerian Road Section has been
implemented. The expectations from such a study are: (i) To show the main safety
deficiencies of the Nigerian road sections; and (ii) To introduce a new tool to the local
road authorities to further use it for monitoring their road sections. Based on this study,
the audit report was prepared to summarize findings with possible countermeasures.</p>
<p><italic>Keywords: </italic>Traffic accident, Accident prone locations, Clear zone, Deficiency, Nigeria,
Kano-Kaduna, Highway.</p>
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