Tag: Road Accidents
Nigeria among Nations with highest road accident rates – Red Cross
To combat the crisis, the Nigerian Red Cross Society, in partnership with Zenith Prudential Life Insurance Plc, has launched the…
2024: 188 road crashes claim 90 lives in Edo
A breakdown of the figures shows that the month of January 2024 recorded more casualties than every other months, accounting…
Edo: 42 killed in 57 road crashes in 4 months – FRSC
The State FRSC Sector Commander, Paul Okpe, disclosed this in a chat with journalists in Benin. According to him, a…
Easter tragedy: Four dead, 40 injured in Ogun fatal road crashes
Uga said that the FRSC was able to reduce accidents to the barest minimum through the special patrol, which began…
Why there is decrease in road accidents in Osun, Oyo, Ondo states
"We notice a drastic reduction of accidents with only 30 road accidents in the zone involving 206 persons and 13…
‘We aren’t happy’ – FRSC reacts as 324 die in Kogi road crashes
FRSC said the casualty and the rate of crashes in Kogi was very high and unacceptable considering the number of…
339 people dead, 2,359 others injured in road crashes in Ogun
Umar stated that 935 road traffic crashes were recorded across the state , saying that they claimed the lives of…
Shock as accidents claim 2,292 lives in Nigeria
Kazeem said that 33,424 people were involved in the accidents and that 16,333 people sustained various degrees of injuries.
One person dies globally every 24 seconds in road accidents
The World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims is a time to reflect on the tragic deaths of millions…
Amaechi reveals real cause of most road accidents
The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has said reckless driving was responsible for most road accidents and not bad roads.
217 people perish in road accidents in Ogun
The Ogun Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Tuesday disclosed that 217 people died in 547 road…
84 killed in road crashes
Eighty four people died in road traffic crashes in Edo, Delta and Anambra from October to December 2019.
589 die in South Africa’s road accidents
The South African Minister of Transport, Fikile Mbalula, said 589 people have been killed since mid-November, the beginning of 2019…
Road mishap kills 9, injures 12 in North-East India
As many as nine persons, including a woman, were on Monday killed and 12 others injured in a road mishap…
1,618 die from road accidents in 3 months – FRSC
The Federal Road Safety Corps says that at least 1,618 people have lost their lives through road accidents between December…
Road accidents: FRSC begins sensitisation
The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) on Wednesday began sensitisation of motorists to reduce incessant accidents on the Abuja-Kaduna-Kano Expressway.…
1,538 Nigerians died in road accidents in 3 months
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said no fewer than 1,538 Nigerians died in road accidents in the fourth quarter…
9 die in Osun road accidents
The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) in Osun on Tuesday said nine persons died in various road accidents in the…
Road accidents in December claim 18 lives in Osun -FRSC
The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) in Osun State on Wednesday said 18 persons died in various road accidents in…
How 128 people died in road accidents in Sept – FRSC
A total of 128 persons died, while 2, 254 others were injured in 673 road crashes across the country in…
2,598 Nigerians die in road accidents in 6 months – NBS
No fewer than 2, 598 Nigerians died in road accidents between October, 2017 and March, 2018, according to the National…
FRSC blames construction companies for road accidents
The Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Dr Boboye Oyeyemi, has expressed worry over the high rate…
Lagos state records 81 deaths in road accidents in 10 months — Commissioner
The Lagos State Government on Tuesday said 81 persons lost their lives in 827 road accidents recorded in the state…
FRSC records 42 fatalities from 27 road accidents in Osun state
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says 42 lives were lost in 27 road accidents that occurred in in March.…
60 die in Ogun road accidents within 2 months
The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) in Ogun said on Thursday that 60 persons died while several others were injured…
204 killed in road accidents in Niger
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Niger said that no fewer than 204 persons were killed in road accidents…
158 persons died in road accidents in Katsina State
The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) said that no fewer than 158 persons were killed in road accidents in Katsina…
1,070 Nigerians died in road accident in third quarter 2017- NBS
No fewer than 1,070 Nigerians died in road accidents in the third quarter, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said.
Nigeria losing bread winners to road accidents
Nigerian families are increasingly losing bread winners to road accidents, according to a monthly `Road Traffic Crash (RTC) Report’ released…
423 die, 2,339 wounded in road accidents in July – FRSC
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says 423 persons died and 2,339 others were wounded in 768 road traffic accidents…