The Kano State Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) said it has recorded a total of 205 fatalities in 231 road traffic cases in the outgoing year 2023.
According to the Public Enlightenment Officer, Labaran Abdullahi, the summary of the command’s operational activities in 2023 revealed that out of the cases investigated, 76 were classified as fatal, involving 1,656 victims.
He said among the victims, 759 sustained varying degrees of injuries and 692 were successfully rescued.
Additionally, he maintained that the command documented a total of 33,324 road traffic offenders who committed 35,649 traffic offences in the state, noting that the number of educated offenders accounted for 32,752 cases.
Abdullahi further disclosed that the Kano Command conducted 33 mobile court proceedings, with 1,129 individuals arraigned. Of those, 931 were convicted, while 198 were discharged and acquitted.
Comparing the statistics with the previous year, Abdullahi noted a 3% reduction in road traffic cases in Kano in 2023 as well as the number of people involved in road traffic crashes which decreased by 2.2% and the number of injuries decreased by 17.6%.
He added that there was a 3.8% increase in the number of fatalities while the total casualty rate decreased by 34.74%, and the number of people safely rescued increased by 20.3% compared to 2022.
