The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says it recorded 5,320 road accidents and 2,471 deaths in the first half of 2021 nationwide.
Bisi Kazeem, the Corps Public Education Officer revealed this on Monday in Abuja.
Mr Kazeem added that the recorded accidents and deaths occurred between January and June 2021, adding that the corps had not relented its efforts at reducing carnage on the highways.
He also said the accidents involved 8,808 vehicles, adding that 2,471 people were killed.
He further stated that 15,882 people sustained various injuries, while 15,398 were rescued from the accidents without injuries. He said this sum up to 33,751 people involved in the crashes nationwide in the first six months.
Mr Kazeem noted that in the period under review, available statistics showed that in January alone, the FRSC recorded a total of 923 accidents across the country. Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, and Jigawa had the highest number of accidents with 148. The FRSC spokesman noted that in February, the corps recorded 808 accidents nationwide, with 121 in Lagos and Ogun.
“In March, the corps recorded 959 RTCs with most accidents, 140, also occurring in Zone RS2. In April, 955 RTCs occurred nationwide, with Zone RS 4, comprising Plateau, Nasarawa, and Benue recording 128, the highest in any zone,” explained the FRSC official.
“In May, we recorded 936 accidents across the country, with a total of 158 occurred in RS 2 Lagos zone. In June, a total of 739 RTCs were recorded across the country.”
The FRSC spokesman said that the corps also arrested 261,005 offenders nationwide between January and June for committing 281,765 road traffic offences.
He noted that mobile courts, set up by FRSC tried thousands of traffic offenders within the first half of the year and appropriately sanctioned them.
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