PurposeIn recent years, there has been a substantial increase in the number of fuel‐truck accidents involving fire outbreaks in Oyo State, Nigeria. These accident explosions have mechanical‐induced actions on the road, with potential costly damages to structures and non‐structural property exposed to them, and loss of lives. The need to understand causes of these accident scenarios become important in order to properly plan to avoid them. The purpose of this paper is to reveal results of a survey is carried out to reveal important elements of fuel‐truck accident in Nigeria.Design/methodology/approachA survey was carried out to determine the various causes of accidents and rollover fire outbreaks in fuel trucks in Oyo State, Nigeria, using primary data collected from field and secondary data obtained from the Nigeria Police, Road Safety Commission and Fire Services Agency.FindingsFrom about 358 transport accidents recorded in Nigeria between 1999 and 2002, only 33 were due to cars while the rest involved trucks and heavy‐duty vehicles. The survey showed that about 32 per cent of truck drivers are below 30 years and probably immature. Also 62 per cent of fuel truck tanks manufactured are of inferior quality and may thus have been aiding fire outbreaks when there is an accident. The study also showed that about 54 per cent of tank leakages that may lead to fire outbreak are due to operators' carelessness.Practical implicationsThe study established the need for more education among the drivers and adequate legislation for tank manufacturers.Originality/valueThe work is perhaps the first to investigate this important area of safety research in the study area. The work would be of value to safety practitioners.

Aims: Vaccines against COVID-19 have been developed but there are not enough vaccines for everyone. Special groups of people, such as those with chronic health conditions, must be prioritized. This study investigates the factors that influence the acceptance of the COVID-19 vaccine among patients living with chronic medical diseases in Nigeria. Study Design:  Cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: University College Hospital between October 2021 – December 2021. Methodology: 387 adults with chronic medical conditions were sampled via an offline questionnaire using a cross-sectional design. Convenience sampling was used to recruit participants. The information was collected using a validated structured questionnaire adapted from the study carried out in Bangladesh by Saifu et al and entered into the Stata MP 14.0. To summarize the data, descriptive statistics such as mean, frequency, and percentages were used, and Chi-square analysis was used to test hypotheses with an Alpha level of 0.05. Results: The majority of responders (69.5 %) correctly identify the modes of transmission. . . While the knowledge of COVID-19 infection was found to be statistically correlated with age, gender, education, income and ethnicity, the knowledge of the COVID-19 vaccine is significantly correlated with education and occupation. The respondents' income, occupation, and education were significantly correlated with their desire to receive the vaccine at a p-value<0.01. Conclusion: The results highlight the need to step up efforts to inform Nigerian adults about the COVID-19 infection and the available vaccines, especially those who have chronic medical conditions.