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General News of Friday, 8 January 2021

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4,794 persons died in 10,522 crashes nationwide - FRSC

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No fewer than 4,794 persons perished in 10,522 road crashes involving 17,614 vehicles nationwide in 2020, the Federal Road Safety Corps has disclosed.

The Corps Public Education Officer, Assistant Corps Marshal, Bisi Kazeem, told newsmen in Abuja on Thursday that 28,449 other persons sustained varying degrees of injury within the period.

Kazeem said, “Four thousand, seven hundred and ninety-four persons were recorded dead and 28,449 persons had varying degrees of injury within the period under review, while 29,808 had minor injuries and survived.”

He said there was a decrease in the total number of people killed by road crashes in 2020 compared to 2019.

He added that in 2019, FRSC recorded 4,878 deaths as against 4,794 deaths in 2020, representing a decrease of 84 or 1.75 per cent.

According to him, the corps recorded a total of 10,522 road traffic crashes involving 17,614 vehicles in 2020 against 9,957 involving 16,806 vehicles recorded in the previous year 2019.

He stated, “The total number of crashes increased in the year 2020 with a total of 565 crashes, representing 5.37 per cent increase.

“In 2020 alone, out of 63,581 people involved in RTCs, a total of 4,794 were killed against 4,878 in 2019 representing 1.75 per cent decrease; 28,449 got injured in 2020 against 32,344 in 2019, representing a decrease of 3,895 or 13.69 per cent.

“While a total of 29,808 survived the crashes with injuries in 2020 against 32,499 in 2019, representing 6,745 or 10.67 per cent decrease.”

Kazeem said the major causes of the crashes as observed by the corps were speed-related violations, which contributed above 62 per cent of the total crashes.

He added that dangerous driving, driving under the influence of alcohol, overloading, brake failure, tyre burst, wrongful overtaking and route violation were also probable major causes of the crashes.