The NBS disclosed in its report on ‘Road transport data for 2019’ that Nigeria recorded 11,072 road crashes in the period under review.
Part of the report read, “The full-year 2019 road transport data reflected that 11,072 road crashes occurred in 2019.
“Speed violation is reported as the major cause of road crashes in 2019 and it accounted for 48 percent of the total road crashes reported, wrongful overtaking followed closely as it accounted for nine percent of the total road crashes recorded, while poor weather recorded the least of the total road crashes reported.”
According to the NBS, a total of 35,981 Nigerians got injured in the road traffic crashes recorded.
33,831 of the 35,981 Nigerians that got injured, representing 94 percent of the figure were adults, while the remaining 2,150 Nigerians, representing six percent of the figure were children.
