3,433 persons killed in road crashes this year – FRSC

By Favour Ulebor, Abuja

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has revealed that 3,433 persons person been killed successful roadworthy crashes crossed the state betwixt January and September 2025, portion 22,162 others sustained injuries successful 6,858 reported accidents wrong the aforesaid period.

Speaking during the flag-off of the 2025 Ember Months Public Enlightenment and Sensitisation Campaign connected Monday successful Abuja, the Corps Marshal, Shehu Mohammed, said though the fig remains alarming, it marks a diminution compared to 2024, indicating that ongoing roadworthy information interventions are making an impact.

He urged motorists to debar speeding, overloading, nighttime journeys, and the usage of phones portion driving, stressing the request for patience and caution arsenic postulation measurement increases towards the extremity of the year.

Mohammed assured that the FRSC is intensifying collaboration with transport unions, authorities postulation agencies, and information agencies to guarantee safer roads during the ember months, noting that roadworthy information is simply a shared work for each Nigerians.

He said, “From our 2024 Operation Zero, which ran from December 15, 2024, to January 15, 2025, we recorded 432 deaths and 2,070 injuries from 533 crashes. But betwixt January and September 2025, our information shows 3,433 deaths and 22,162 injuries from 6,858 crashes.

“Though the figures are inactive high, it is simply a simplification compared to the aforesaid play past year. We volition proceed to intensify campaigns and enforcement to bring it further down.”

The Corps Marshal besides announced the instauration of a contactless biometric driver’s licence system, which volition destruct impermanent licences and marque the process faster and much seamless.

He explained, “It’s seamless now. You don’t request to enactment your manus connected a instrumentality for fingerprint capture. The caller exertion volition seizure your details automatically and synchronize them with our database.

“At the extremity of the process, you get your driver’s licence instantly—no much impermanent licences oregon waiting periods of weeks oregon months. The strategy volition commence this month, offering applicants a one-stop digitalised process that delivers licences instantly.”

During a sojourn to the FRSC Driver’s Licence Print Farm, Deputy Corps Marshal (Motor Vehicle Administration), Aliyu Datsama, confirmed that the Corps has scaled up accumulation to wide the existing backlog.

He said, “We enactment 24/7 present due to the fact that of the backlog. We had 800,000 pending licences, but we’ve reduced it to 400,000. Our regular accumulation is 40,000, and successful the adjacent fewer weeks, we’ll wide everything, by the grace of God.”

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