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Item IN-DEPTH ACCIDENT ANALYSIS AND CASE STUDY IN NIGERIAN ROAD AND TRAFFIC CONDITION(2014-06-09) DAYYABU, Abubakar; AYDIN, CumhurThe in-depth accident investigation is the process of detail data gathering related to the involved persons, the road/environment, involved vehicles for the purpose of detail analysis and the reconstruction of the accident. It can be used to conclude on the main causes of accidents and proposing an appropriate and effective countermeasure, to prevent re-occurrence of similar accident type. The thesis has reviewed and modified European Truck Accident Causation Study methodology. The modified methodology was applied on Nigerian Highways. In the modified methodology 100 parameters comprising of detail information of involved persons, vehicles, road and environment were collected and analyzed to come up with the accident causes and proposed an effective countermeasure. The use of the Nigerian National Accident Investigation Manual, the comprehensive Truck database can help in better understanding the main causes of truck involved accidents, and hence providing effective countermeasures.