FRSC: 412 died in Lagos road crashes in 10 months

Road crashes have claimed 412 people in reported cases of road crashes in Lagos State from January to October.

Lagos Corps Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mr. Olusegun Ogungbemide, gave the figure on Tuesday.

Ogungbemide said that the 412 people had been killed and 522 seriously injured in 520 reported cases of road traffic crashes recorded in Lagos State in the 10 months.

He said that investigations in Lagos revealed inappropriate speeding, equipment failures, loss of control, fatigue, and aggressive driving as the leading proximate causal elements in majority of the crashes.

“It is apposite to say that Lagos-Ibadan and Lekki-Epe-Ijebu-Ode Expressway recorded the highest fatalities during the period with unfortunate revelations that these crashes occurred along the good stretches of the road and at night,” said.

He said that attitudinal change was important in the search for improved, safer roads.

The Corps Commander said that there was need to cooperate on institutional levels towards the epidemic called Road Traffic Crash.

Ogungbemide said that self accountability and responsibility while on the road should take the better place in every road user.

He said that on August 17, 1896, the world recorded the first collision fatality in Crystal Palace, London.

He said that according to the United Nations (2020), approximately 135 million people’s lives were cut short as a result of road traffic crashes every year.

He said that between 20-50 million more people suffer non-fatal injuries, with many incurring permanent disabilities.

The Star