Citation

Adeyemo E. Proc. Road Saf. Four Continents Conf. 2005; 13: 12p.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2005, Conference Sponsor)

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Abstract

The challenges of traffic management in Lagos metropolis and the recipe for attaining road safety have been extensively discussed in this paper. The need for a renewed initiative towards road safety in Lagos, a megacity by United Nations categorization is more pronounced now than ever before. The problems of road safety in Lagos with its ever-increasing population have reached an alarming level and it has started having negative effects on the quality of life, socio-economic prosperity and sustainable development in the city. A methodology which takes into consideration road safety audit and survey has been proposed with the intention that once adopted, the road safety problems in Lagos would have been taken care of.