2,850 persons died in road accidents January-June, says FRSC

IBRAHIM QUADRI

In the first six months of the year 2023, the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC has recorded a decline in the total number of people killed due to road qxcidents within the operational period.
According to the crash data report issued by Assistant Corps Marshal, Corps Public Education Officer, Bisi Kazeem, the first six months of the year 2023, the Corps recorded a total of 2,850 fatalities as against 3,375 in the same period in 2022.
This according to him represents a 15.5% reduction.
According to FRSC road traffic crash dashboard, within the period under consideration, the Corps also recorded a total of 5,700 road traffic crashes as against 6,627 in the same period in the year 2022, representing 14% decrease.
Similarly, from January to June 2023, the Corps also achieved 14% reduction in number of people rescued with injuries, having rescued a total of 16,716 in 2023 against 19,440 injured victims in the first half of the year 2022.
The Corps Marshal attributed this modest achievement to a number of strategies and innovations in enforcement activities, improved presence and visibility, public enlightenment and partners engagement.
The corps tagged it, “a successful outing in the operational front during the first six months of the year 2023, the Federal Road Safety Corps has recorded a decline in the total number of road traffic crashes, total number of injuries and fatalities as well, when compared with the same period in 2022.”
While charging drivers to desist from bad driving behaviours, Corps Marshal, Dauda Ali Biu re-emphasised the commitment of the Corps towards achieving its corporate mandate of sanitizing the highways and entrenching safety on the nations over 200,000 kilometers road network.