The Federal Road Safety Corps reported that the number of road incidents, injuries, and fatalities decreased during the Eid-el-Kabir celebration in 2023.
According to the agency, during the recently finished celebration, traffic crashes declined by 25%, injuries decreased by 43%, and deaths decreased by 53%.
FRSC ascribed the decline to the agency’s new operating techniques in a statement issued on Wednesday by Corps Public Education Officer Bisi Kazeem.
It partly read, “In line with its rejigged operational tactics towards creating a safer motoring environment in Nigeria, the Federal Road Safety Corps has successfully recorded 25% reduction in the total number of Road Traffic Crashes, 53% decrease in people killed, and 43% reduction in number of people injured in crashes that involved 522 people on Nigerian roads during the 2023 Eid-El Kabir special patrol operations that held from June 26 to July 1, 2023.”
According to him, 88 people died in crashes in 2022 as opposed to 38 in 2023, while 373 people were injured, up from 211 in 2023.
Kazeem said, “In the special patrol operation that lasted for six days, the Corps recorded a total of 88 RTCs as against 118 of the same period in 2022 representing a 25% reduction. In the same vein, a total of 38 people were killed, against 88 in the previous year representing a 53% decrease, while 211 people got injured in 2023 against 373 in 2022 representing a 43% decrease.”
Kazeem added, “The Corps also rescued a total of 273 victims without injuries in 2023 against 347 in the same period in the year 2022. More so, a total of 4116 offenders were apprehended over 4682 offences committed across 2053 routes covered by the Corps.
“The huge record of reduction in road traffic crashes during the 2023 celebration period came as a result of improved and rejigged patrol operations, robust public enlightenment campaign, injection of more operational vehicles for enhanced visibility, prompt rescue services, enhanced stakeholder collaboration, wider coverage of the national road network due to the establishment of more FRSC Commands, Outposts roadside clinics and Zebra points among others.”
