No fewer than 111 Road Traffic Crashes were recorded by Lagos Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps in the first quarter of 2024.
According to The PUNCH, the Sector Commander, Babatunde Farinloye, said that 535 people were involved in the road crashes, out of which 17 died.
He said, “We had a total of 179 casualties which comprised of 162 injured persons and 17 deaths; a total of 111 cases was recorded, 14 was fatal, 65 serious and 32 minor cases.”
“Our target is zero fatality, not that accidents will not happen, but we are pushing for zero fatality.
“Accidents occur due to many reasons, including environmental and mechanical errors, but majorly the cause of the accident is attached under human error.
“It is humans that will go above recommended speed limits; they will not recognise signals and signs on the road, they don’t maintain the vehicle, they will see that the road is not good and still want to go above the speed limits,” he lamented.
The sector commander said 98 commercial vehicles, 69 owned by individuals and two government vehicles were involved in the accidents.
