Assessment of the Safety and Security of Commercial Motorcycle Operations in Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria

Arowosafe Triumph Temitope and Adeyemi A.g
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Arowosafe Triumph Temitope: School of Environmental Technology, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Federal University of Technology Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria
Adeyemi A.g: School of Environmental Technology, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Federal University of Technology Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, 2024, vol. 8, issue 8, 1383-1393

Abstract: Commercial motorcycles are seen to constitute a serious threat to the security, lives, and properties of citizens. Their operators are said to engage in many criminal acts, causing accidents on roads, and the death of many innocent citizens, thus neglecting its purpose of conveying people and goods which is its transport function in society. This study, therefore, examines the level of safety and security associated with the operation of commercial motorcycles in Akure to engender policy responses that could enhance the safety of the operators of commercial motorcycles. Questionnaires and data from the Federal Road Safety Commission were used to collect the required data. Questionnaires were administered to the operators of commercial motorcycles in the study area. A total of 220 Motorcycle operators were sampled. Descriptive statistics were employed in the data analysis. Findings also revealed that the unemployment situation in the state has led many (85.1%) people, particularly the youth; into the commercial motorcycle operation in the city. As a result of that, many of them (46.2%) did not engage in formal training which has resulted in a high rate of commercial motorcycle crashes in the city, which have claimed many lives and rendered some impotent. Other problems associated with motorcycles include speeding, a leading problem in the area coupled with the fact that some operators now use motorcycles to perpetuate grievous crimes. To have safe, efficient public transportation, the government should create more job opportunities for people, upgrade the existing three-wheel cycles and improve on the operational efficiencies of city taxies, imposing sanctions to enforce strict compliance among okada riders which will go long way in reducing road accidents, crimes and thus reducing the influx of commercial motorcycles.

Date: 2024
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