The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), has said that the nation recorded 10,522 Road Traffic crashes (RTCs), in 2020.
Assistant Corps Marshall, Bisi Kazeem made this known in a chat with journalists yesterday, in Abuja.
He said no fewer than 4,794 persons lost their lives, while a total of 28,449 persons were injured.
“The total number of crashes increased in the year 2020 with a total of 565 crashes, representing 5.37 per cent increase.
“In 2020 alone, out of 63,581 people involved in RTC, a total of 4, 794 were killed, as against 4, 878 in 2019 representing 1.75 per cent decrease.
“28,449 got injured in 2020 against 32,344 in 2019 representing a decrease of 3, 895 or 13.69 per cent.
“While a total of 29,808 survived the crashes with injuries in 2020 against 32,499 in 2019 representing 6745 or 10.67 per cent decrease,” he said.
