Investigation of Root Cause of Fuel Tanker Truck Accident in Nigeria Resulting from Constrain Factors

Abstract

The research demonstrates the investigation of reliability of root cause of fuel tanker truck accident in Nigeria resulting from some constrain factors. The constrain factors considered are age group, ownership status of fuel tanker trucks, drivers’ educational qualification and drivers’ years of experience and the states considered in this research are Lago State (Lagos Park) and River State (Port Harcourt). The study reveals age distribution of drivers in the following manner of 40–50 years with 36.9% and 37% Lagos Park and Port Harcourt as well as for 29–39 years with values of 35.9% and 32.8%. The constrain factors in terms of fuel tanker truck ownership was examine and the investigation demonstrates the order of Transport Company > Labour Union > Self > Industry > Government for Lagos State sampling whereas for Rivers State we have Industry > Transport Company > Labour Union > Self > Government. The investigation further revealed that 42.9% of the drivers has obtained Secondary School certificate, whereas 22.2% are with the Primary School Education and 0.7% has obtained National Certificate of Education (NCE) and Ordinary National Diploma (OND). The divers’ years of experiences was also considered and the investigation shows that most of the fuel tanker truck drivers are highly experienced. The research further revealed that most of driver’s location of source are Kano and Kaduna State than Lagos and Rivers State as classified based on the data obtained from the field of study.