No fewer than 1,070 people died in road accidents in Nigeria in Q3 2017, according to National Bureau of Statistics, NBS. This implies an average of about 12 people died each day in the three months of Q3 2017 in road accidents across the country. 

The National Bureau of Statistics on Monday, Dec 4, 2017, released the Road Transport Data report for the third quarter of this year with the country recording A total of 6,803 Nigerians got injured in the road traffic crashes recorded. 6,419 of the 6,803 Nigerians that got injured, representing 94.4% of the figure, are adults while the remaining 384 Nigerians, representing 5.7% of the figure are children. 5,110 male Nigerians, representing 75%, got injured in road crashes in Q3 while 1,693 female Nigerians, representing 25% got injured, Brandspur Nigeria reports. 
 
Similarly, a total of 1,070 Nigerians got killed in the road traffic crashes recorded in Q3. 981 of the 1,070 Nigerians that got killed, representing 91.7% of the figure, are adults while the remaining 89 Nigerians, representing 8.3% of the figure are children. 815 male N
Nigerians, representing 76.2%, got killed in road crashes in Q3 while 255 female Nigerians, representing 23.8% got killed. 
 
In the report signed by the Statistician General of the Federation and Chief Executive, NBS, Dr. Yemi Kale and made available to BrandSpur Nigeria, the bureau said, "Estimated vehicle population in Nigeria as at Q3 2017 was put at 11,547,236 with the total population of the country puts at 193,392,517 in 2016. Nigeria s vehicle per population ratio is put 0.06." Data on the category of vehicles involved in road crashes in Q3 2017 reflected that 58% of vehicles are commercial (2,000), 40.6% are private (1,401), 1.4% are government (48) and the remaining are diplomats.

FCT Recorded the highest number of road crashes in Q3 2017 and closely followed by Kaduna and Kogi States while Borno and Bayelsa States recorded the least.

A total of 200,565 national drivers licenses were produced in Q3 2017. Lagos and FCT produced the highest number of drivers licenses while Zamfara and Kebbi States produced the least numbers of national drivers license.
Similarly, a total of 75,958 vehicle number plates were produced in Q3 2017. Delta and FCT state produced the highest number of vehicle plate numbers while Ekiti and Rivers States produced the least numbers of vehicle plate numbers in Q3 2017.

Source: https://brandspurng.com/average-11-people-died-daily-in-nigerian-road-accidents-between-july-and-september-nbs/

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