The socio-demographic characteristics of commercial motorcyclist in Akure are assessed. A total of 1530
respondent were served with questionnaires which represents 75% of the total population selected through
triangulation of sampling methods and cuts across all the selected units from each parks. The calculation for
sample size was based on the consideration to examine at least half (50%) of the total study population;
1343 questionnaires were retrieved for data analysis, which represent 65.8% of the total population and
87.8% response rate. The analysis show that 745 (55.3%) are between the ages of 21 and 30 years
representing the predominant age group. There is also 1337 (99.62%) males and 6 (0.38%) are females,
while 803 (59.8%), 497 (37.0%) and 27 (2.0%) single, married and divorced riders respectively. Studies also
revealed that 429 (32.0%) possess primary school leaving certificate, 651 (48.5%) have secondary school
certificate, 261 (19.4%) hold tertiary education. Since larger percentage of the riders hold primary school
leaving certificate, this contributes to their bad behavioral attitude while many of them are prone to accidents
since they find it difficult to interpret road signs which hinder them from maintaining various safety measures
on the highways. Traffic education measure and traffic law enforcement that will encourage good driving
behavior is recommended.