{"id":51040,"date":"2021-10-01T15:41:59","date_gmt":"2021-10-01T14:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/accidents-claim-137-lives-in-abuja"},"modified":"2021-10-01T16:39:15","modified_gmt":"2021-10-01T15:39:15","slug":"accidents-claim-137-lives-in-abuja","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/accidents-claim-137-lives-in-abuja","title":{"rendered":"Accidents claim 137 lives in Abuja"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Sector Command, says road accidents claimed 137 lives in the past nine months.<\/p>\n

The sector commander, Mr Samuel Ochi, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Abuja that 738 accidents occurred in the FCT from January to September.<\/p>\n

He said that a total of 3,616 people were involved in the accidents, adding that 1,334 suffered injuries.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe number of vehicles involved stood at 10,062. If you look at the causes of these crashes, we have the leading cause to be speed violations.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe number of the people who were involved in these accidents due to overspeeding is 578, while road violations \u2013 people that drove one-way leading to collisions \u2013 are 35,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The sector commander added that accidents due to dangerous driving were 75.<\/p>\n

Ochi said that most of the accidents were caused by speeding, overloading, use of old tyres and night travel.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201dCrashes, sometimes, cannot be attributed to overspeeding; some people can lose control of their vehicles because of the condition of their health.<\/p>\n

\u201cDuring the nine months, 39 of these people were recorded, while obstruction, that is, allowing vehicles to block roads, leading to crash, were eight and, then, we have like seven other cases.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you look at the route that these crashes occurred, the route in the FCT recording many crashes is Abaji -Dangote -Gwagwalada Road.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat road was the most accident-prone one during this period; Zuba-Giri was also responsible.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have Nyanya-Aya- Maraba as the third most prominent route that recorded crashes; then, Area 1 Roundabout.\u201d<\/p>\n

He advised motorists and commuters to avoid night travel, speeding and other road-unfriendly acts that could threaten their lives and the lives of other road users.<\/p>\n

Three persons die in Ibadan road accident<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Sector Command, says road accidents claimed 137 lives in the past nine months. The sector commander, Mr Samuel Ochi, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Abuja that 738 accidents occurred in the FCT from January to September. 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