LASTMA records 1,667 accidents in nine months

The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) says it recorded a full of 1,667 roadworthy postulation accidents betwixt January and September.

The General Manager of LASTMA, Mr Olalekan Bakare-Oki, said this astatine the LASTMA Ember Months Stakeholders Forum held successful Lagos connected Tuesday.

The forum had arsenic a theme, ”Safe Roads, Safe Lives: LASTMA Cares”.

Bakare-Oki disclosed that for the play nether review, 87 fatalities were recorded, with a full fig of 6,666 persons injured, portion 2,442 vehicles broke down connected the road.

He said that successful 2024, betwixt January and December, 2,051 accidents were recorded, and 5,108 vehicles that caused infractions were pulled implicit connected Lagos roads.

He added that successful 2024, a full of 119 citizens died connected the road.

”These figures are acold much than specified statistics. That is wherefore our telephone to enactment connected roadworthy information is simply a captious portion of our mundane lives. It is some a strategical necessity and a motivation work to instrumentality action,” helium said.

The LASTMA brag besides said that betwixt January and September, LASTMA and spouse agencies reported implicit 3,200 postulation incidents.

He noted that astir 60 per cent of the incidents occurred astatine non-metro corridors similar the Ikorodu Road, Apapa Oshodi Expressway, Third Mainland Route and Lekki Ajah.

At the Ember period stakeholders’ forum, helium urged the motoring nationalist to ever retrieve that portion velocity thrills, it besides kills, adding that it was amended to get precocious than never.

”One careless enactment tin outgo a beingness of regrets. If each motorist respects rules and quality life, our roads volition beryllium safer, postulation volition travel better, and accidents volition beryllium reduced drastically.

”Today’s follow-up is much than a meeting; it is simply a caller way for corporate work built connected collaboration, acquisition and enforcement.

LASTMA stands acceptable to enactment with transport unions, the Federal Road Safety Corps, the police, each large responders and the media to guarantee 2025 situation is harmless situation successful Lagos.

”Our imaginativeness remains unwavering, zero accidents, zero fatalities and zero executions,” helium said.

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