FRSC Recorded 9, 698 Accidents, 4, 737 Deaths In 2019 – Corps Marshall

A total of 9, 698 accidents and 4, 737 deaths occurred in 2019, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has revealed.

Corps Marshall of FRSC, Boboye Oyeyemi made the revealing on Thursday while addressing journalists in Abuja.

According to Oyeyemi, available data to the corps revealed that between January to October 2019, a total of 9, 698 road traffic crashes were recorded out of which 4,737 died.

“We have 30, 744 people sustained various degrees of injury to 68, 193 people involved. 63, 456 were rescued. More disheartening is that the nation has to grapple with the worrisome challenges of crashes involving the articulated vehicles in the year 2019,” he stated.

The FRSC boss stated that his agency is worried about the challenges of crashes involving trailers and trucks continued with 900 crashes recorded.

He further stated that over 157 thousand traffic offenders were arrested in the third quarter of the year.

Founded in 1988, the FRSC is the government agency with the statutory responsibilities for road safety administration in Nigeria. It operates in all Nigerian states as well as the Federal Capital Territory. It’s statutory functions include: Making the highways safe for motorists and other road users as well as checking road worthiness of vehicles, recommending works and infrastructures to eliminate or minimize accidents on the highways and educating motorists and members of the public on the importance of road discipline on the highways.