The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Osun State Sector Command says 182 people died in road crashes in Osun State between January and October 2021. 

The Sector Commander of the FRSC in the state, Mr Paul Okpe gave the information in his office in Osogbo, the state capital, while speaking on the Global Week of the Road Traffic Accident Victims Remembrance Day. 

Mr. Okpe said 269 road crashes were recorded while 754 were injured and 1,419 were rescued by FRSC personnel. 

He added that most of the crashes occurred on the Ikire/Gbongan/Ife/Ilesa/Ipetu/Owena road and that most of the crashes involved travellers passing through Osun to different destinations.   

Okpe said, “Most of these people that died in the road crashes do not live in Osun State. Most of them travel from the North and some travelling from other parts of South-West”.

“From what we have observed, some of the drivers travel long hours without resting. And also, some of these road crashes happened in the night and the drivers engage in route violation”.

He said vegetation on the median of the highways was obstructing clear sight for drivers and commended members of Osun State Youth Empowerment Scheme, OYES, for clearing vegetation on the median around Ikire, which he noted would aid safe driving and security on the highways. 

He stressed FRSC was also enlisting the support of volunteers in communities across the state as first responders in case of a road traffic crash. 

According to him, “There are communities around the major highways in this state. We are training volunteers from the communities across the state as first responders in the rescue of accident victims. So, we are going to engage more of them”. 

He added, “When there is a road crash in a particular place and the people of the communities come out and do the right thing as first responders, the rate of death would be minimized”. 

“We are also engaging with road transport workers and traditional rulers and stepping up our public enlightenment activities”, the FRSC Sector Commander said.

Adenitan Akinola

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