By Demilade Aderibigbe
The Federal Roads Safety Corps (FRSC) recorded a marginal reduction in the numbers of road traffic crashes, injuries and fatalities (deaths), in the first six months of the year 2023.
In a statement issued by the Corps Public Education Officer, Bisi Kazeem, yesterday, the FRSC road traffic crash dashboard, within the period under consideration, showed that the Corps recorded a total of 5,700 road traffic crashes, as against 6,627 in the same period in the year 2022, representing 14% decrease.
In the same period, from January to June 2023, the Corps also achieved a 14% reduction in the number of people rescued with injuries, having rescued a total of 16,716 in 2023 against 19,440 injured victims in the first half of the year 2022.
According to the crash data report, in the first six months of the year 2023, the Corps recorded a total of 2,850 fatalities as against 3,375 in the same period in 2022, representing 15.5% reduction.
Corps said the figures showed a decline in the total number of road traffic crashes, injuries and fatalities (deaths), when compared with the same period in 2022.
According to the Corps Marshal, Dauda Biu, the modest achievement is attributed among others to the number of strategies and innovations in enforcement activities, improved presence and visibility, public enlightenment and partners engagement.
While urging drivers to desist from bad driving habits, the Corps Marshal re-emphasised the commitment of the Corps towards achieving its core mandate of sanitising the highways and entrenching safety on the nation’s over 200,000 kilometres road network.
