3,407 Road Crashes Recorded In Q4 2021, Says NBS
A total of 3,407 road traffic crashes were recorded in the fourth quarter of 2021, this is according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).
According to a Road Traffic Watch report released on Thursday by the NBS, the fourth quarter figure indicated a rise of 8.71 percent from the 3,134 road crashes recorded in Q3 2021.
The Bureau noted that the number of vehicles involved in road traffic crashes were 4,946 in Q3 2021 compared to Q2 2021 which recorded 5,134 crashes.
“In Q3 2021, total road traffic crashes were 3,134, showing a decrease of 1.60 per cent from Q2 2021, which recorded 3,185. This rose by 8.71 per cent in Q4 2021 when 3,407 cases were recorded. Disaggregating crashes into categories shows that serious cases of road crashes in Q3 2021 were higher with 2,008 compared to fatal and minor cases with 723 and 403 respectively. Similarly, serious cases stood at 2,199 in Q4 2021 compared to fatal with 888 and minor with 320,” the NBS stated.
“In terms of sex distribution of persons killed in road traffic crashes, 1,136 males were killed in Q3 2021, accounting for 79.33 per cent of 1,432 persons killed in total. This rose to 1,343 in Q4 2021, representing 81.30 per cent of 1,652 persons killed. Also, there were more males injured compared to females in Q3 2021 recording 78.51 per cent. The trend continued in Q4 2021 with males accounting for 76.01 per cent of injuries.
“The number of vehicles involved in road traffic crashes were 4,946 in Q3 2021 compared to Q2 2021 which recorded 5,134. This indicates a decline of 3.66 per cent in Q3 2021. Similarly, 5,323 vehicles were involved in crashes in Q4 2021, indicating a 7.62 per cent growth from the preceding quarter. In Q3 and Q4 2021, commercial vehicles were mostly affected in road crashes compared to private, government and diplomatic vehicles.”
The NBS further revealed that North-Central region recorded the highest cases of road crashes in Q4 2021 with 1095.
“On a zonal basis, the North-Central recorded the highest number of crashes in Q3 2021 with 1,041, fol-lowed by the South-West region with 822. In terms of casualties, the North-Central recorded the highest which stood at 2,963, followed by the South-South region with 2,237. Similarly, the North-Central recorded the highest cases of road crashes in Q4 2021 with 1095, followed by the South-West region with 876. In addition, the North-Central recorded the highest casualties in Q4 2021 with 3,663, followed by the South-West region with 2,395.
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) had in August 2021 disclosed that 5,320 Road Traffic Crashes and 2,471 deaths were recorded in the first half of 2021 nationwide.
The Corps Public Education Officer (CPEO) Assistant Corps Marshal (ACM), Bisi Kazeem, said that the recorded crashes and deaths occurred between January and June 2021, noting that the corps had not relented in its efforts at reducing carnage on the highways.
He said that the 5,320 RTCs that occurred in the country involved a total of 8,808 vehicles, adding that 2,471 people were killed.
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