The Federal Road Safety Corps says a total of 4,387 people were killed as a result of road traffic crashes from January to June across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
The Corps Public Education Officer, Assistant Corps Marshal, Mr. Bisi Kazeem, said this in an interview with the News Agency Of Nigeria on Sunday in Abuja.
“These crashes occurred as a result of night trips, fatigue, route violation, dangerous overtaking, use of worn out/expired tyres, and speeding.
Kazeem said one of the key reasons for those crashes was that most of them were manned by untrained or partially trained and inexperienced drivers.
Kazeem also said the Corps recorded 14,108 injuries from the crashes and rescued 15,789 persons unhurt in road traffic crashes within the same period.
He said there was no rise in road crashes involving trucks and tankers, rather there was a decline.
He, however, said the corps recorded a slight rise in fatalities where a reasonable number of people were killed in a few crashes.
According to Kazeem, the Corps recorded a total of 4,691 road crashes from January to June.
To reduce fatalities on the roads, the FRSC boss said the corps was engaging truck owners on the need to have a functional onboard camera for round-the-clock monitoring of the activities of drivers.
He added that the Corps had also deepened engagement in the installation of safety valves in tankers to eliminate all incidences of spillage in the event of a crash.
