Objective approach in investigating implication of road vehicle tyre safety knowledge on compliance

Standard effectual directive on tyre safety management operations on its own is nothing without appropriate compliance and application. Deliberate oversight and neglect of safety precautionary measures may result in an accident and eventually be classified as an unforeseen event. This study on safety knowledge and its implication for on-road vehicle tyre safety compliance was conducted among one hundred and thirteen private vehicle owners in Abeokuta, Nigeria. Data collection for this study was done using subjective and physical measurement procedures. The analysis of data obtained showed that sixty-eight participants (60.2%) of the participants had a fair knowledge of road vehicle tyre safety, followed by those that had good knowledge 39 (34.5%). No participant had poor or excellent knowledge. Overall operational tyre safety and compliance with the specifics for tyre standard condition showed that 1 (0.9%) of the assessed vehicles were of very high safe and appropriate compliance status. Forty-three (38.1%) of the assessed vehicles owned and used by the participants were of very low operational tyre safety and practices. This was followed by average safe and appropriate practice 39 (34.5%). Pearson's chi-square test analysis was used to check if there is an association between tyre safety knowledge and safe and appropriate compliance status variables gave χ2 = 1.135 and p = 0.769. This implies that there is no statistically significant association between the two variables.