120 LIVES LOST ON CHRISTMAS DAY CRASHES –FRSC
across the country between December 19-28, 2014, the
Federal Road Safety Corps has said.
The figure, according to the corps translates to 42 percent
reduction when compared to 2013 figure of 208, within the
same period.
The Corps Public Education Officer, Imoh Etuk, said this in a
statement on the FRSC yuletide patrol,on Monday in Abuja.
He said, "The reduction in the crashes figures between
2013 and 2014 is a fall-out of the Corps' massive
deployment of personnel and logistics along critical
corridors based on intelligence derived from 2013 yuletide
operations."
The corps said it also recorded 48 percent reduction in the
number of road traffic crashes within the period, which
stood at 193, in comparison with 368 road crashes in 2013
while a 53 percent reduction was also recorded in injuries
in 2014 with 733 injured persons as against the 2013 figure
of 1,564.
Details of the 2014 fatality figures indicate that while 96
males, 17 females and 7 children made up the 120 deaths,
the year 2013 posted 208 deaths comprising 155 males, 33
females and 20 children.
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In the same vein, the 2014 figure of 193 road traffic crashes
comprise 62 fatal, 115 serious and 15 minor reported cases
while the 2013 figure of 368 comprise of 113 fatal, 225
serious and 30 minor reported cases of road traffic crashes
recorded in December,2014.
On injuries, the Corps also explained that the 2014 figure of
733 comprise 432 males, 185 females and 116 children
while the 2013 figure of 1,564 injured persons include 1041
males, 384 females and 139 children.
The Corps Public Education Officer stated that the FRSC
arraigned 1,073 traffic offenders out of 9,858 arrested for
contravening 10,876 traffic-related offences.
He also said that 993 were convicted and paid appropriate
fines while one Abubakar Mohammed was sent to jail by
Chief Magistrate Bello Gelangu at Kaltungo in Gombe State
for refusing to stop when the Corps' operatives flagged him
down while on patrol.
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