FRSC Reports 3,433 Deaths In 6,858 Road Crashes

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has said that 3,433 persons were killed and 22,162 persons injured retired of a full fig of 6,858 reported roadworthy crashes successful the past 9 months.

The Corps Marshal, FRSC, Shehu Mohammed, revealed this during the flag-off of the 2025 Ember Months Public Enlightenment and Sensitisation Campaign successful Abuja.

The corps marshal besides noted that the large causes of the crashes were linked to operator fatigue, overloading, conveyance of persons successful haulage vehicles and travelling with substance successful integrative containers.

Speaking connected the 2025 ember months campaign, the corps marshal said, “The Ember period run is simply a yearly contented done which the Federal Road Safety Corps intensifies its advocacy and nationalist consciousness connected the request for safer roadworthy use. As we are each aware, the ember months is simply a play marked by accrued travel, higher postulation measurement and attendant emergence successful roadworthy clang injuries and fatalities.

“The taxable reinforces the presumption that quality origin is 1 of the large causes of roadworthy crashes. It besides draws attraction to the information that drivers are mostly liable for crashes connected our highways. Apparently, operator behaviour is simply a cardinal constituent successful determining information connected our highways.

“It is expected that the 2025 End of twelvemonth run volition make the needed consciousness and sensitisation for drivers to instrumentality up the contented of information much seriously.

“Therefore, the prime of the 2025 End-of-Year run taxable Taking Responsibility for Your Safety was deliberate and good thought-out.
It was cautiously chosen to code roadworthy postulation infringements by drivers which were mostly liable for the erstwhile roadworthy clang records.”

He added that the 2024 Operation Zero, which was betwixt December 15, 2024 to January 15, 2025, showed a alteration successful fig of deaths recorded.

According to him, 432 persons were killed; 2,070 persons were injured retired of 533 reported cases of roadworthy crashes during that period.