FRSC Records 10,522 Road Accidents, 4,794 Deaths In 2020

FRSC Records 10,522 Road Accidents, 4,794 Deaths In 2020

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), says no fewer than 10, 522 Road Traffic Crashes (RTCs) were recorded nationwide in 2020 involving 17,614 vehicles. The Corps Public Education Officer (CPEO) Assistant Corps Marshal (ACM) Bisi Kazeem, disclosed this in an...
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Helicopter Crash: Sanwo-Olu Commiserates With Victims’ Families

Helicopter Crash: Sanwo-Olu Commiserates With Victims’ Families

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has commiserated with families, friends and associates of the victims of the unfortunate helicopter crash in Opebi, Lagos.   Sanwo-Olu expressed his condolence in a message signed by his Chief Press Secret...
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Two Passengers Killed As Container Falls On Bus In Lagos

Two Passengers Killed As Container Falls On Bus In Lagos

Two persons died on Sunday while three others were injured when a 20-feet container fell on a commercial bus at Ilasamaja on the Oshodi-Badagry Expressway in Lagos State. The Director-General, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (L...
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Osinbajo’s Outrider Dies In Road Accident

Osinbajo’s Outrider Dies In Road Accident

The Presidency has announced the death of a police outrider on the convoy of Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo. Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Office of the Vice President, in a statement in Abuja,...
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AIB Seeks Power To Investigate Road, Rail, Marine Accidents

AIB Seeks Power To Investigate Road, Rail, Marine Accidents

The Commissioner, Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB), Akin Olateru, has disclosed that a bill to empower the bureau to investigate rail, road and marine accidents and serious incidents is currently before the Senate. Akin Olateru, who confirmed the developmen...
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Auto Accident Claims 16 Lives In Kano

Auto Accident Claims 16 Lives In Kano

No fewer than 16 persons have died on Friday evening when three vehicles collided at Tukai Village in Dambatta Local Government Area in Kano State. The Public Relations Officer of the Federal Road Safety Corps in the state, Kabiru Ibrahim,...
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Curtailing 1.3m Deaths Associated With Road Accidents Yearly

Curtailing 1.3m Deaths Associated With Road Accidents Yearly

1.3 million people die on our roads every year. That’s 3 500 people killed every day. How can better road safety policies stop this carnage? Experts from over 30 organisations led by Sweden and the World Health Organisation met in...
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2018 Sallah: FRSC Explains 11 % Drop in Road Deaths

2018 Sallah: FRSC Explains 11 % Drop in Road Deaths

Following the just concluded 2018 Eid-El-Fitri Sallah Special Patrol which lasted from Wednesday 13 June 2018 to Monday 18 June 2018, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) recorded 51 deaths (11% decrease in the number of people killed) in road...
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FRSC Returns 65,000 Euros To Benin Bound Accident Victims On Iyare Motors

FRSC Returns 65,000 Euros To Benin Bound Accident Victims On Iyare Motors

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Ogun command, said it had returned over 65,000 Euros recovered from an accident scene to the victims.   Mr Clement Oladele, the Sector Commander, disclosed this in a statement by the command’s Public Education...
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Easter Patrol: FRSC Rescues 1,071, Records 160 Crashes

Easter Patrol: FRSC Rescues 1,071, Records 160 Crashes

Following the just concluded 2018 Easter special patrol which lasted from Wednesday 28 March 2018 to Tuesday 3 April 2018, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) recorded a total of 1,071 number of people rescued from a total of 160...
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Shagaya: Buhari condoles family, people of Plateau

Shagaya: Buhari condoles family, people of Plateau

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over the tragic accident that took the life of Sen. John Shagaya, and condoled  the family over the loss. President Buhari in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr...
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Accident claims 20 lives along Kaduna-Abuja expressway

Accident claims 20 lives along Kaduna-Abuja expressway

No fewer than 20 people died in a ghastly motor accident along Kaduna-Abuja expressed way on Sundaynight.  The Sector Commander of the Federal Roads Safety Corps in Kaduna State, Umar Ibrahim, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna...
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Four killed, six injured in Cargo plane crash

Four killed, six injured in Cargo plane crash

A cargo plane has crashed into the sea off Ivory Coast, close to Abidjan airport, killing four people and injuring six. The wreckage of the turboprop plane, which was carrying 10people, was swept toward a beach where rescuers treated surviving...
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FRSC records 32 per cent decrease in death

FRSC records 32 per cent decrease in death

Data gathered from the just concluded June 2017 Eid El Fitri Special Patrol by the  Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has  revealed significant decrease in road accidents fatality rates when  compared to the year 2016 Eid El Fitri.   According...
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