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Suleiman Idris, PhD, Zainab Idris.

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This study assessed the persistent issues of fuel tanker crashes on Nigerian roads and its human security nexus, with a focus on understanding the challenges, and potential solutions for improving road transport safety. Over the past decade, Nigeria has witnessed an alarming increase in road accidents involving fuel tankers, often resulting in extensive casualties, environmental degradation, and economic loss. These incidents highlight critical weaknesses in road infrastructure, driver management, vehicle maintenance, regulatory enforcement, and emergency response systems. Objective of the study was to identify the root causes and systemic gaps contributing to these fuel tanker crashes on Nigerian roads. The study adopted a qualitative descriptive research design using thematic document analysis. Data were sourced from secondary sources such as Federal road safety Corps Road Traffic Crashes Reports and published articles. Anchored on the human security theory which shifts the focus of security from territorial protection of the state to protection of individuals. The study revealed that deplorable state of some strategic truck corridors, non-compliance to FRSC Safe-to-load programme checklist by some oil depot as some of the cause for resurging high consequence crash involving tanker trucks. In line with the discovery of the study, it recommends that, there should be liaison with federal and state ministry of transport and works to upgrade road infrastructure, collaboration between FRSC and Oil depots to improve driver training and monitoring systems, and enhancing inter-agency collaboration. Keywords: Crashes, Failure, Fuel tanker, Human Security, Infrastructure.

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