ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE ON ROAD ACCIDENT CASES IN SOKOTO STATE 

Ibrahim Abubakar Zarrumi & Kabiru Malam Yakubu

Department of Mathematics & Statistics

College of Science & Technology, The Polytechnic of Sokoto State, P.M.B 2356, Sokoto. Nigeria.

E-mail: ibrahimabubakarzarumi@gmail.com; Kabeerygat@yahoo.com

Abstract: Road traffic accidents contributed a menace in modern times. Nigeria as a developing nation has suffered from varying degree of road accidents which make it one of the countries with the highest rate of accidents. The paper examines road accident cases in Sokoto State. In view of this data was collected from National Bureau of Statistics over a period of sixteen years from 1992 to 2007. Analysis of variance was carried out on the three categories of cases recorded, and the result shows that over the period Fatal accident (accidents resulting to death) have the highest cases followed by Serious (accidents that results in serious injury such as permanent disorder, amputation, fracture etc.) and lastly followed by the Minor cases (accidents that results to only vehicle damage).