An
average of 15 people died daily in road accidents across Nigeria in 2015,
official statistics show.
The report by the
Federal Road Safety Corps shows that 5,440 Nigerians lost their lives in road
accidents across the country in 2015.
The figures revealed a
reduction of 1,010 from the 6,450 in 2013.
The report also found that a total of 30,478
Nigerians sustained varied degrees of injury, marking an improvement of 9,579
over the 40,057 recorded in 2013.
The latest data come at
a time when the FRSC is intensifying enforcement of road traffic rules and
enforcing standards of automobile peripherals.
The Corps Marshal of
the FRSC, Boboye Oyeyemi, credited improved training and equipment of traffic
officers across the country for the improvement.
Mr. Oyeyemi said he
remained optimistic that the speed-limiting devices in commercial vehicles
would drastically reduce crashes on Nigerian roads when it is eventually
introduced on October 1.
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