FRSC records 11% decrease in accident deaths during 2018 Eid-el-fitri

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By Theodore Opara

The Federal Road Safety Corps FRSC,  has said that the agency recorded 11 per cent decrease in the number of people kill in road traffic crashes nationwide compared to 57 deaths during the same period, in 2017 of Eid-El-Fitri Salla period. The Corps Public Education Officer, Bisi Kazeem, revealed that there was a significant increase in the number of people rescued without injury during the 2018 Sallah special patrol exercise which was given a wider coverage than previous years, when compared to the same period of Easter celebration in 2017.

According to him, 406 road traffic crash victims were rescued without injuries in 2018 Sallah special patrol compared to 293 that were rescued in 2017 Sallah special patrol of same period which marks 39% increase. However, Kazeem noted that the total number of crashes in 2018 were 126 compared to 102 in 2017 during same…



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