Nigeria Records 3,445 Road Crash Deaths In Nine Months

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has disclosed that 3,445 individuals died in street site visitors crashes throughout Nigeria between January and September 2026.

The Abia State Sector Commander of the FRSC, Corps Commander Ngozi Ezeoma, mentioned 7,156 street site visitors crashes had been recorded nationwide throughout the nine-month interval, leaving 22,292 individuals injured.

Ezeoma disclosed this on Monday, November 16, throughout a joint press briefing with essential stakeholders on the Abia State Sector Command headquarters in Umuahia to commemorate the 2026 World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims.

She described the figures as greater than statistics, noting that they represented human lives misplaced, grieving households and communities affected by street tragedies.

“These numbers are more than just statistics as they represent human lives, families in grief and communities in distress,” she mentioned.

The Sector Commander additionally disclosed that Nigeria recorded 10,446 street site visitors crashes in 2025, leading to 5,289 deaths and 33,400 accidents.

According to her, rushing and human recklessness stay main causes of street crashes, stressing the necessity for motorists to take duty for his or her security and that of different street customers.

“The light we lit each time our relative dies reminds us that every time we exceed the speed limit, we risk putting out another light forever,” she mentioned.

Ezeoma mentioned the 2026 World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims was themed, “A Light That Unites Us,” with the worldwide marketing campaign slogan, “Remember. Support. Act.”

She defined that the commemoration supplied a possibility to honour those that misplaced their lives in street crashes, assist survivors and bereaved households, recognise the contributions of emergency responders and strengthen efforts to forestall additional tragedies.

The Sector Commander mentioned the FRSC had continued to accentuate public enlightenment by church buildings, mosques, faculties and media platforms, whereas utilizing knowledge from its Road Traffic Crash Database Management System to determine high-risk areas for enforcement, surveillance and rescue operations.

She urged motorists to watch pace limits, keep away from harmful overtaking, guarantee their autos had been roadworthy and chorus from driving drunk or medication.

Ezeoma known as on the media, authorities businesses, transport unions, conventional rulers, non secular leaders and different stakeholders to assist street security advocacy.

She mentioned the success of street security interventions must be measured not solely by the variety of patrols carried out or site visitors offenders apprehended, however by the crashes prevented and lives saved.