Speed Violation, Dangerous Overtaking Claimed 855 Lives In Three Months-NBS

Within a three month period covering April and June this year, a total of 855 Nigerians lost their lives from road accident.

The figure was given by the National Bureau of Statistics on Thursday in its Road Transport Report.

A breakdown of the number of lives lost showed that 788 are adults representing 92 per cent, while the remaining 67 Nigerians are
children representing eight per cent.

Further breakdown showed that 694 male Nigerians got killed in road crashes during the period, while 161 female Nigerians, representing 19 per cent also lost their lives.

The Report stated that a total of 5,535 Nigerians got injured in the road traffic crashes recorded during the period.

Out of the total Nigerians that got injured,
it said 5,166 are adults representing 93 per cent, while the remaining 369 Nigerians are children representing seven per cent.

The Report added that 4,393 male
Nigerians, representing 79 per cent, got injured in road crashes in the second quarter, while 1,142 female Nigerians, representing
21 per cent got injured.

Similarly, the Report noted that during the period, a total of 3,334 vehicles were involved in road traffic crashes, adding that cars were the major type of
vehicles involved in road crashes.

This is followed
by Motorcycle and Minibus as they both accounted for 24 per cent and 15 per cent of the category of accident respectively.

On the category of vehicles involved in road crashes in the second quarter, the data showed that 64 per cent of vehicles are commercial (2,124), 35 per cent are private (1,166)
while one per cent is that of government with 44 vehicles involved.

The Report explained that a total of 54,672 national drivers licenses were produced in the second quarter of this year, while a total of 155,552 vehicle number plates
were also manufactured during the same period.

The Report further stated that speed violation was the major cause of road crashes during the period, accounting for 47 per cent of the total road crashes reported.

It added that wrongful overtaking followed closely as it accounted for ten per cent of the total road crashes recorded while dangerous
overtaking recorded the least number of cases from the total road crashes reported.