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The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says no
fewer than 49, 867 Nigerians were involved in
road accidents from 2013 to 2015.
This is contained in a report released by NBS on
Police Data – Reported Road Accidents and
Stolen Vehicles on Thursday in Abuja.
The report gave the breakdown of those killed in
the accident as 5, 539 in 2013; 4,430 in 2014 and
5,042 in 2015, respectively.
It showed that 12, 372 persons were injured in
road accidents in 2013; 12, 227 in 2014 and 10,
257 in 2015.
The report, however, put the total number of
reported cases of road accident during the period
at 24, 954 in the 36 states of the federation and
the FCT.
It showed that the highest number of accidents
were reported in Lagos with 4,038 cases,
followed by Ogun with 3, 484 and Rivers with 2,
145 cases.
The lowest number of reported cases of road
accident was recorded in Jigawa having 21; Delta
22 and Zamfara 70, cases respectively.
Meanwhile the report stated that a total of 2, 569
vehicles were stolen in the period, showing that
551 vehicles were stolen in 2013; 1,201 in 2014
and 818 in 2015.
It stated that out of the stolen vehicles, 341 were
recovered in 2013; 592 in 2014 and 436 in 2015
in the country. (NAN)

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