As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to mark this year’s World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims, the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Ondo State Sector says it recorded a 16.77 per cent reduction in road traffic deaths in the state between 2021 and 2022.

According to statistics obtained from the FRSC in Ondo State, which covers between January 2021 to October 2021, and January 2022 to October 2022, the number of people injured in 2021 was 775 while 852 people were injured in 2022 with an increase of 9.93 per cent.

Similarly, 161 deaths were recorded in 2021 while 134 deaths were recorded in 2022 which is a decrease of 16.77 per cent.

And in 2021, 409 road crashes were recorded while 320 crashes were recorded in 2022, which is a decrease of 21.7 per cent of the total road crashes.

Speaking on this, the Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps, Ondo State, Mr Ezekiel SonAllah who attributed some of the roads crashes to violations of road traffic rules and over-speeding, appealed to road users especially commercial drivers to obey traffic rules always, including ensuring that their vehicles were roadworthy to prevent carnage on the road.

Mr SonAllah reminded road users that life had no duplicate hence all must abide by the laws to stay alive.

Our reporter also spoke with other stakeholders on the occasion examining how best to make the road safer for users.

A transporter, Mr Debisi Oluwole suggested the fixing of bad roads and clearing bushes on the fringes of the highways, which he said were sometimes responsible for accidents.

An accident victim, who did not want his name mentioned, recounted how he survived a ghastly accident though with a fracture and warned road users against night travelling.

A traveller, Mr Kayode Williams who spoke with Radio Nigeria at a motor park in Akure, the Ondo State capital, charged the leadership of transport unions to always sensitize their members against reckless driving with an emphasis on constant maintenance of vehicles before travelling.

Mr Williams also suggested banning the sale of alcohol in motor parks as there are several drinking joints selling popular local alcoholic beverages such as Jedi, and Opa Eyin which are taken by many commercial drivers.

The theme for this year’s celebration of the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims is, “Justice” with the slogan “Remember, Support, Act!”.

Isaac Afolabi

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