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The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says 522 people were involved in road accidents across Nigeria during the just-concluded Eid-al-Adha celebration.

Bisi Kazeem, FRSC public education officer, said in a statement that the agency also recorded a 57% decrease in the number of people killed in road accidents compared to the previous year’s celebration.

He said the agency registered 88 traffic mishaps, with 38 fatalities and 211 people injured.

Kazeem added that those figures were a reduction from 118 road accidents, 88 mortalities and 373 wounded people recorded during the celebration in 2022.

The statement said, “4116 offenders were apprehended over 4682 offences committed across 2053 routes covered by the corps”.

“In line with its rejigged operational tactics towards creating a safer motoring environment in Nigeria, the Federal Road Safety Corps has successfully recorded 25% reduction in the total number of Road Traffic Crashes (RTC), 57% decrease in people killed, and 43% reduction in the number of people injured in crashes that involved 522 people on Nigerian roads during the 2023 Eid-El Kabir special patrol operations that held from 26 June to 01 July 2023,” the statement reads.

“In the special patrol operation that lasted for six days, the corps recorded a total of 88 RTCs as against 118 of the same period in 2022, representing a 25% reduction.

“In the same vein, a total of 38 people were killed, against 88 in the previous year representing a 57% decrease, while 211 people got injured in 2023 against 373 in 2022, representing a 43% decrease.

“The Corps also rescued a total of 273 victims without injuries in 2023 against 347 in the same period in the year 2022.

“More so, a total of 4116 offenders were apprehended over 4682 offences committed across 2053 routes covered by the corps.”

FRSC credited the reduction in traffic accidents and casualties to “improved and rejigged patrol operations, robust public enlightenment campaign” carried out by the agency.