AN ANALYSIS OF ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENT HOTSPOTS IN ZARIA-KADUNA EXPRESSWAY, KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA

ABSTRACT

There is very little information in the literature as to what an accident „hotspot‟ is and how it is defined spatially and numerically. This lack of a readily available definition highlights the high margin for error when analyzing road traffic „hotspots‟. For example a study by Gregory and Jarrett (1994) on the long term analysis of accident remedial measures defined hotspot or in their words a “high risk site” by the number of personal injury accidents occurring.