3,700 Killed In Road Crashes In 2022- FRSC

The Federal Road Safety Corps has disclosed that about 3,700 persons lost their lives in road accidents in the country between January and October this year.

Dauda Biu, Acting Corps Marshal FRSC, revealed this on Tuesday, in Abuja, at the joint news briefing to commemorate the 2022 Africa Road Safety and World day of remembrance for Road Traffic Crash victims.

Biu added that the commemoration gave credence to the ever growing need to galvanised stakeholders from all sectors of the economy towards engendering higher road Safety standards.

This, he said, was with a view to put to an end, all incidences that gave momentum of Road Traffic Crashes (RTCs) and injuries adding that the menace had become a huge threat to human existence that must be stemmed by all means available.

“I say this because of the negative impact of RTCs in the country, particularly the attendant loss of lives and damage to properties that come with it.

“For instance, from January to October 2022 alone, no fewer than 3,700 persons were killed by RTCs. These are human beings not just numbers representing inanimate creatures.

“These are fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, sons and daughters and of course breadwinners whose lives have been cut short by the actions and in-actions of road users who have refused to comply with established traffic regulations,”he said.

Biu said this year’s commemoration shows the readiness, and also resolve, on the part of stakeholders to reawaken the consciousness towards joining forces with the the corps to bring the menace to a complete halt in Nigeria.

He assured that the corps would be steadfast and unwavering commitment to duty to ensure absolute sanity on the highways.