The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC says a total of 604 trailers and 296 tankers were involved in road crashes between January and October 2019.
The agency’s Corps-Marshal, Boboye Oyeyemi announced this at a press conference on FRSC’s plans to ensure a crash-free Yuletide season in Abuja.
He explained that the Corps would be resolute in its commitment to changes that could stem the tide of crash fatality rate, using the end-of-year special patrol operations as a launching point.
According to Oyeyemi, the special operation is carried out by the Corps to tackle the challenges of road traffic crashes, traffic gridlock, obstructions, injuries and deaths associated with the yuletide season.
The FRSC boss recalled that the Corps had earlier in the year set for itself a target of 20 percent reduction in the rate of crashes, with a 25 percent reduction target set for fatality rate.
Oyeyemi explained that 10 FRSC personnel died, out of the 77
officials that were knocked-down while on duty by erring drivers.
