No fewer than
120 persons were
killed in road
crashes across
the country
between
December 19-28,
2014, the Federal
Road Safety Corps
has said.
The figure,
according to the
corps translates
to 42 percent
reduction when
compared to 2013
figure of 208,
within the same
period.
The Corps Public
Education Officer,
Imoh Etuk, said
this in a
statement on the
FRSC yuletide
patrol,on Monday
in Abuja.
He said, “The
reduction in the
crashes figures
between 2013
and 2014 is a fall-
out of the Corps’
massive
deployment of
personnel and
logistics along
critical corridors
based on
intelligence
derived from 2013
yuletide
operations.”
The corps said it
also recorded 48
percent reduction
in the number of
road traffic
crashes within
the period, which
stood at 193, in
comparison with
368 road crashes
in 2013 while a 53
percent reduction
was also recorded
in injuries in 2014
with 733 injured
persons as
against the 2013
figure of 1,564.
Details of the
2014 fatality
figures indicate
that while 96
males, 17 females
and 7 children
made up the 120
deaths, the year
2013 posted 208
deaths comprising
155 males, 33
females and 20
children.
In the same vein,
the 2014 figure of
193 road traffic
crashes comprise
62 fatal, 115
serious and 15
minor reported
cases while the
2013 figure of 368
comprise of 113
fatal, 225 serious
and 30 minor
reported cases of
road traffic
crashes recorded
in December,2014.
On injuries, the
Corps also
explained that the
2014 figure of 733
comprise 432
males, 185
females and 116
children while the
2013 figure of
1,564 injured
persons include
1041 males, 384
females and 139
children.
The Corps Public
Education Officer
stated that the
FRSC arraigned
1,073 traffic
offenders out of
9,858 arrested for
contravening
10,876 traffic-
related offences.
He also said that
993 were
convicted and paid
appropriate fines
while one
Abubakar
Mohammed was
sent to jail by
Chief Magistrate
Bello Gelangu at
Kaltungo in Gombe
State for refusing
to stop when the
Corps’ operatives
flagged him down
while on patrol.
