The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has said that 9, 698 accidents were recorded in 2019 leading to 4, 737 deaths.

FRSC Corps Marshall, Boboye Oyeyemi stated this on Thursday while addressing journalists in Abuja, the nation’s capital.

“Available data to the corps revealed that between January to October 2019, a total of 9, 698 road traffic crashes were recorded out of which 4,737 people were recorded dead.

“We have 30, 744 people sustained various degrees of injury to 68, 193 people involved. 63, 456 were rescued. More disheartening is that the nation has to grapple with the worrisome challenges of crashes involving the articulated vehicles in the year 2019,” he stated.

Oyeyemi stated that his agency is worried about the challenges of crashes involving trailers and trucks continued with 900 crashes recorded.

According to him, over 157 thousand traffic offenders were arrested in the third quarter of the year.

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May God potect us all.
BTW it is very important to drive safely

You can be sure that the figure has been toned down to douse public panic.

See number of dead people from only accident, imagine the number from sickness, ritualist,suicide,cult clash, violence, bokoharam, herdsmen, SARS, etc still people still dey plenty for this Nigeria, na wa o dem dey piss una
Even flies dey reduce self.
Over plenty is the problem of this country

Warning! Pls ignore my comment, na so I dey talk sometimes

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Untimely death will never be our portion.

As a driver Always ensure that your car is in order before making use of the road.

Don't drink before driving......Don't smoke or answer calls while driving.

Person wey God dey protect suppose dey reason and act normal

Na so na

Naijeriya roads.. Odikwa risky

it is well...No one will be a tragedy of these accidents during this festive period and beyond in Jesus name. Pls watch and pray

Too much.

Though the government shares some responsibility but equal blame goes to our road users.

Many do not obey speed limits.

Many drive unroad worthy vehicles.

Pedestrians would rather cross the highway than use the pedestrian bridges.

Vehicles are overloaded.

Many more to mention.

Multiply that figure by 4. Is it not Nigeria again??

That is to say more Nigerians have died on roads more than those who have lost their lives due to the direct and indirect activities of insurgents this year. For 4000+ people to die due to road accidents is an anomaly it's babaric it's unpleasant to hear 4000+ people just like that 9000+ accidents...on top road... Road. Oboy this naija mata don pass Koro Koro eyes oo

We have 30, 744 people sustained various degrees of injury to 68, 193 people involved. 63, 456 were rescued. More disheartening is that the nation has to grapple with the worrisome challenges of crashes involving the articulated vehicles in the year 2019,” he stated.

Jesus!

Unfortunately, these are real human beings, people's loved ones, that have now become just numbers/statistics. This is really sad. May God help us.

So FRSC, is this an increase or decrease from last year? What are your plans to reduce this going forward?

Death toll would have been 4,739 if God had not protected my brother and I after our vehicle accidentally made an angle 360° turn on a major and busy high way. I thank God so much for our lives.

This should be the highest in the world, Nigeria is known to always come tops in the world in every negatives!

Olalan:
May God potect us all. BTW it is very important to drive safely

the importance can't be overemphasized bro

And 2019 hasn't come to an end yet??...besides,an award should be accrued to Nigerian roads for recording such high number of accidents...may GOD Save us till 2020,AMEN.

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Whaaat!
We are so lucky to be here and alive!

Air is still the safest!

That 37 billion naira budgeted for national assembly renovation can build one world class ortho -neuro surgical centre of excellence, that would save thousands of these Nigerian lives and even that of other Africans that would be referred there.

Them add the one wey happen for my area today

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On German roads in 2018, there were 3,265 road fatalities.

There are about 46 million cars registered in Germany compared to under 12 million cars in Nigeria.

With 38.7 million cars on British roads, there were 1,770 deaths.

Perhaps if we had better medical care, fatalities would be less.

CSTR2:
That 37 billion naira budgeted for national assembly renovation can build one world class ortho -neuro surgical centre of excellence, that would save thousands of these Nigerian lives and even that of other Africans that would be referred there.

Kikikikikiki.

You expect our politicians under an evil spell to have such sense?

may God save us.. We will never have portion on bad thing.... Amen

deedy111:
See number of dead people from only accident, imagine the number from sickness, ritualist,suicide,cult clash, violence, bokoharam, herdsmen, SARS, etc still people still dey plenty for this Nigeria, na wa o dem dey piss una
Even flies dey reduce self.
Over plenty is the problem of this country

Warning! Pls ignore my comment, na so I dey talk sometimes

Advice: Ladies beware how you use your pssy this Xmas, and note if your pssy can accommodate four fingers, its no more a pssy but a pocket

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Has the year 2019 now ended? Unfortunately, there will still be more accidents in these few days to the end of the year

msmon:


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Toxic masculinity is killing us. Males cause/ are involved in 80+% of accidents.

12 more days to still go, many will still die so keep the data till first week of 2020.

So high and something should be done to address such manease. Bad roads every where and excessive speed by commuters. More work is needed by you guys.