The aim of this study is to assess the impact of safety education
intervention on knowledge of road traffic accident prevention among drivers in Lagos State, Nigeria.
This study adopted a pre-test and post-test quasi-experimental research design.
A purposive sampling technique was adopted to select a total of 384 commercial
drivers in Lagos State, to whom the questionnaires were served. Questionnaires
were administered and retrieved before the safety training was conducted, and
post-test was conducted thereafter.A
response rate of 87.76% was obtained for 384questionnaires
distributed to drivers. Descriptive statistics, Analysis of Variance(ANOVA)
and Pearson Correlation were carried out. Mean score of 2.50 was used as a
criterion to accept or reject results. The results indicate that safety education had a positive impact on the
knowledge of preventive measures for road traffic accident. It is recommended
amongst others that; further measures should be developed to educate and
enlighten commercial drivers on how they can comfortably avoid Road Traffic
Accidents (RTAs).
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