…speed violations top causative factors
Road accidents in Nigeria have surged by 9.4 percent, with speed violations topping the list of causative factors in the second quarter of 2025, according to recent data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), sourced from the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC).
The report showed that road accidents in Q2 2025 rose to 2,631, from 2,404 recorded in the same quarter of 2024, but decreased by 0.72 percent from 2,650 in the previous quarter, with speed violations dominating factors responsible for the crashes.
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Other causative factors were the use of phone while driving (25), tyre burst (186), a mechanically deficient vehicle (117), break failure (143), overloading (38), dangerous overtaking (8), wrongful overtaking (202), dangerous driving (157), bad road (18), route violation (145), road obstruction violation (49), sleeping on the steering (14), driving under alcohol/drug (6), poor weather (4), fatigue (26), and sign light violation (72).
It stated that of all crashes, serious cases stood top with 1,728 compared to fatal and minor cases with 636 and 267, respectively.
The NBS data showed that a total of 1,018 males were killed in Q2 2025, while the total number of females killed were 217, which accounts for 81.77 percent and 18.23 percent, respectively, of the total deaths recorded.
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“A total of 3806 vehicles were involved in road traffic crashes in Q2 2025, lower compared to the previous quarter, which recorded a decrease of 2.28 percent.
“The South West zone recorded the highest number of crashes in Q2 2025, with 772, followed by the North-Central with 699, while the South-South had the least with 160. Similarly, the North-West reported the highest number of casualties with 2597, followed by the North Central with 2327, while the South-South recorded the least with 442,” the data showed.
