The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has announced 23.1% reduction in road traffic deaths between January and September 2023, when compared with the same period in 2022.
Bisi Kazeem, the Assistant Corps Marshal, Corps Public Education Officer, who made the disclosure in a statement, stated that the Corps also recorded a substantial reduction in the total number of road traffic crashes (RTC), injuries and fatalities as well, having achieved 22% reduction in RTCs, 21.3% decrease in road injuries.
According to FRSC road traffic crash dashboard, within the period under consideration, the Corps recorded a total of 7830 road traffic crashes as against 10039 in the same period in the year 2022, representing 22% decrease.
