The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said with 248 incidents, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has the highest number of road accidents of the 2,478 road accidents recorded in its Q3 Road Transport Data released on Monday.
The bureau disclosed FCT was followed by Kaduna 166 and Kogi 98 States while Borno 7 and Bayelsa States 13 recorded the least. The report said that speed violation was reported as the major cause of the accidents which accounted for 44.51 per cent of the total crash reported, loss of control and dangerous driving followed closely as they both accounted for 10.41 per cent and 9.52 per cent of the total road crashes recorded.
“A total of 6,803 Nigerians got injured in the road traffic crashes recorded. 6,419 of the 6,803 Nigerians that got injured, representing 94.4 per cent of the figure, are adults while the remaining 384 Nigerians, representing 5.7 per cent of the figure are children. 5,110 male Nigerians, representing 75per cent, got injured in road crashes in Q3 while 1,693 female Nigerians, representing 25per cent got injured,’’ it said.
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Similarly, a total of 1,070 Nigerians got killed in the road traffic crashes recorded in Q3. 981 of the 1,070 Nigerians that got killed, representing 91.7per cent of the figure, are adults while the remaining 89 Nigerians, representing 8.3per cent of the figure are children. 815 male Nigerians, representing 76.2 per cent, got killed in road crashes in Q3 while 255 female Nigerians, representing 23.8per cent got killed.
Estimated vehicle population in Nigeria as at Q3 2017 was put at 11,547,236 with the total population of the country put at 193,392,517 in 2016. Nigeria’s vehicle per population ratio is put at 0.06. Data on the category of vehicles involved in road crashes in Q3 2017 reflected that cent of vehicles is commercial (2,000), 40.6per cent are private (1,401), 1.4per cent are government (48).
A total of 200,565 national drivers’ licenses were produced in Q3 2017. Lagos and FCT produced the highest number of drivers’ licenses while Zamfara and Kebbi States produced the least numbers of national drivers’ license. Similarly, a total of 75,958 vehicle number plates were produced in Q3 2017. Delta and FCT state produced the highest number of vehicle plate numbers while Ekiti and Rivers States produced the least numbers of vehicle plate numbers in Q3 2017.
