Samenvatting
WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF LEGISLATION FOR COMPULSORY CRASH HELMET WEAR BY MOTORCYCLISTS IN ANAMBRA STATE OF NIGERIA, THERE WAS, CONTRARY TO EXPECTATION, AN INCREASE (THOUGH NOT STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT) IN THE CASE FATALITY RATIO FROM ROAD CRASHES INVOLVING MOTORCYCLISTS NOTWITHSTANDING A HIGH WEAR RATE (96.4%) AND USE OF RIGHT TYPE OF HELMET BY THE MAJORITY (90.9%). THE FINDING THAT A HIGH PERCENTAGE DID NOT WEAR THEIR HELMETS WELL-SECURED WAS THOUGHT TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS IN VIEW OF THE FACT THAT 61.9% OF WRONG WEARERS THOUGHT THEY WORE THEM CORRECTLY. THIS UNDERLINES THE NEED FOR EDUCATION AS A PREREQUISITE TO ANY ROAD TRAFFIC COUNTER-MEASURE.(Author/publisher).