No fewer than 5,707 road crashes were recorded in Nigeria between January and August this year, leaving
3,048 people dead and 17,446 others rescued.The statistic released by the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) yesterday, showed a slight reduction from the figure released for the same period in 2015, where a total of 3,233 people died and 17,189 others were rescued alive.
Stating that the agency has deployed about 20,000 personnel, 697 patrol vehicles, 283 motorbikes, 76 ambulances and 22 tow trucks across the country to tackle traffic challenges during Sallah, FRSC’s boss, Boboye Oyeyemi said the figures of road crashes are unacceptable and must be brought down. The statistic showed that more people died in January (529) compare to July and August combined (395), while 496 died in February, 513 died in March, 363 in April, 367 in May and 385 others in June.
The FRSC, which stated that commercial vehicles account for most of the cases of road crashes, linking most cases to over
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Lord I thank you for the protection of life.

so unfortunate, we talk about AIDS, ebola, hepatitis B in Nigeria, without focus on accident. Little do we know accidents kill more than them.

what??

Yeah; it's not a small issue
Accidents occur everywhere however we could do more to reduce the incidence in Nigeria through education of road users and good road maintenance

just submitted a project on BEHAVIOURAL SAFETY to ISPON..

i was shocked at the outcome of my research..

religion places a major part>>>> the " NA GOD DEY PROTECT PERSON" mentality

poor maintenance schedule of vehicles

the terrible roads

the ALCOHOL disguised as HERBS sold in parks..

and many others..

its a shame and morally wrong for an individual to leave his house in the morning and not return to his family..

Chaiiii! This is the only good news that i've heard for like how many months now? Though, I feel that those figures might not reflect the actual figure...I see a lot of accidents that claim a lot of lives which might not be reflected in these figures...

Kudos FRSC...

Though the kain bribe wey òna de collect these days eh...maybe the #Change breeze never reach una yet