1,441 persons killed in road crashes in 3 months – FRSC

Road crashes killed 1,441 persons on Nigerian roads between January and March.

The victims were killed in 2,733 crashes in which 8,339 other persons were injured, Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Dauda Biu, said on Tuesday in Abuja.

He was addressing a one-day stakeholders’ meeting on the development and implementation of policy on pre-fitted speed-limiting devices in locally-assembled and imported vehicles.

“The most worrisome part is that more than 89 percent of the crashes were speed-induced,’’ he said.

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“In Nigeria, the picture is not different from global experience as speed emerges the highest contributory factor of road crashes, injuries and deaths.

“This observation led the FRSC to begin to search for a lasting solution having observed that behavioural and attitudinal change methods alone cannot bring the desired result.

“Today, we are complying with the UN Decade of Action (2021-2030) on approach to road safety, particularly as it relates to safer vehicles.

“It is assured that if we have good mobility through design and manufacturing of vehicles, crashes will reduce on our roads,’’ Biu said.

This, he said, brought about speed-limiting device installation in vehicles.

Biu decried that attempts made in the past to enforce the policy on installation of speed-limiting devices in commercial vehicles witnessed several postponements. (NAN)