1.1. Background: Worldwide Road traffic accident (RTA) is a huge public health and development problems killing nearly 1.2 million people a year and injuring or disabling between 20-50 million people worldwide; thus making the loss of US 518 billion dollars globally. According to World Health Organization, every day more than 3000 people die from road traffic accidents. Developing countries account for 90% of global road traffic deaths. Road traffic accidents are being the critical public health problem that causes disabilities and death in Nigeria which could need due investigations. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the Prevalence of Road Traffic Accident and Associated Risk Factors among Drivers in Bauchi State, Nigeria.1.2. Methods: cross-sectional study design was conducted among drivers in Bauchi State, Nigeria from December, 2020 to January, 2021. Data was collected using a pretested structured questionnaire. Descriptive analysis was performed to obtain the frequency distribution of the variables. Results:The result shows that 300 participants responded to the questionnaire. The overall road traffic accident prevalence was 115 (38.3%). Conclusion:The prevalence of road traffic accident revealed in this study is of public health significance. RTA-related causalities are extremely high in Nigeria. Male young adults and vulnerable road users are at increased risk of RTA. The most perceived cause of road traffic accidents mentioned was an overcrowded road which is shared by drivers, pedestrians, and animals. There-fore, there is an urgent need for bringing road safety to the country's public health agenda. AIDS, tuberculosis and diarrhoeal diseases [9] and the deaths due to RTAs are predicted to become the fifth-leading cause of death