%0 Journal Article
%T Tyre related risk assessment in the middle belt region in Nigeria: information for policymakers
%A A.G. Salaudeen
%A G.K. Osagbemi
%A M.F. Adeyemi
%A N.A. Hussain
%A O.I. Hussain
%J -
%D 2018
%X Objective: It has been reported that defective, worn-out and under-inflated tyres were responsible for many road crashes. The objective of this study was to assess the safety profiles of tyres used by inter-city commercial vehicle drivers in Ilorin Kwara State, Nigeria.
%K It was a descriptive cross-sectional study in which simple random sampling technique by ballot method was adopted to select 300 commercial vehicles. Two tests were performed on each vehicular tyre viz: visual inspection of tyres for tread wear indicator (TWI)
%K manufacturing date to determine the expiry date and the depth of tread of vehicle tyres by one penny US coin. Data analysis was done using SPSS data analysis package.
%U https://www.ajol.info/index.php/rejhs/article/view/177594