The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has said that no fewer than 2,699
people were killed in road crashes that occurred on Nigerian roads
between January and June 2019.
No less than 18,198 persons were injured.
In total, the FRSC stated that 5,423 crashes were recorded during the period.
The Corps Marshal of Federal Road Safety Corps, Boboye Oyeyemi,
represented by Deputy Corps Marshal, Julius Asom, disclosed this at
the 8th Annual Road Safety Conference and FRSC/KRSD Essay Competition
Award organized by Kwapda’as Safety Demand in Keffi, Nasarawa State on
Monday.
The World Health Organization’s 2018 Global Status Report on road
safety shows that one out of every four road crashes that occur in
Africa are reported in Nigeria.
