The study examined the effect of Road Traffic Accident
Injuries on Productivity in Nigeria with a view towards
reducing the incidence of Road Traffic crashes and improving
road safety in Nigeria. The data used included number of
passengers who sustained injuries in road traffic accidents in
Nigeria for 2007. Data were also acquired on productivity in
the labour sector of the economy through the assessment of
seven variables, manpower in parastatals; manpower in
ministries; employment in crop farming, registered teachers,
policemen in service, national unemployment and private
farmers. Z-score analysis was used to depict the pattern of
productivity in the labour sector over the 36 states including
the federal capital in the country while the fatality index was
used to show the pattern of road traffic injuries in the country
for the study period. Multiple regression analysis was then
used to assess the relationship between road traffic accident
injuries and productivity in the country. The results show that a
clear relationship exists between road traffic accident injuries
and productivity in Nigeria. The study finally made some
recommendations to improve road safety in the country.