Udo, Chikezie OsisioguUsman, Alhaji YusufMmahi, Okoro Paul2023-12-142023-12-142021-03-20Usman, A.Y. et. al. (2021) Analysis of Road Traffic Policing and Traffic Safety in Nigeriahttps://keffi.nsuk.edu.ng/handle/20.500.14448/7131The purpose of traffic policing is to ensure that road users comply with traffic rules and regulations, so as to forestall road traffic crashes (RTCs) andfatalities. By implication, effective traffic policing would result in compliance with traffic rules and its associated safer road traffic on the one hand, while ineffective policing could result in traffic violations and attendant RTCs on the other hand. This paper examined the safety’ situation of Nigerian roads amidst traffic policing. The paper is based on secondary’ sources of data such as journal articles, institutional and organizational publications. Newspapers, research reports and other internet materials. Critical analysis was adopted, while conclusion was drawn using deductive approach. The paper argues that copious traffic crashes on Nigerian roads which is mostly occasioned by traffic violation is traceable to inadequate enforcement of existing traffic rules. Therefore, it suggests that intensified enforcement of traffic rules, certainty of offender sanction, and introduction of demerit point system could deter traffic violation, and subsequently drastically reduce road traffic crashes.enTraffic Policing; Traffic Safety; Demerit Point System; Traffic RulesArticle