No fewer than 21,580 traffic offenders by the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) were arrested between January and December 2024 across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
Malam Shehu Mohammed, FRSC Corps Marshal disclosed this while addressing Journalists on the 2024 special patrol operations on Monday in Abuja, explained that the corps recorded a reduction in the number of offenders recorded in 2024 as against 29,220 within the same period in 2023.
“This signifies a 26 percent increase in compliance with traffic rules and regulations.
“The total number of offenses committed stood at 25,942 representing a 23.5 percent reduction in traffic law violation compared to the data of the same period in 2023,” Mohammed said.
FRSC Corps Marshal said the analysis of the corps’ annual performance indicated a drastic reduction in Road Traffic Crashes (RTCs) as well as in the number of people injured compared to the annual record of 2023.
“From Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 2024, a total of 9,570 RTCs were recorded nationwide. This figure is against 10,617 RTCs recorded in 2023 which signifies a tremendous reduction of 10 percent.
“Furthermore, 31,154 people were injured in 2024 while 31,874 were injured in 2023 representing a two per cent decrease.
“However, the corps recorded a seven percent increase in fatalities as 5,421 people were killed in 2024 while 5,081 people were killed in 2023.
“Meanwhile, a total of 70,530 people got involved in RTCs in 2024 compared to 70,092 in 2023 signifying an increase of one percent,” he said.
The FRSC boss emphasized that out of the total fatalities that occurred in 2024, 411 deaths, representing 7.6 percent of the total deaths, were not primarily caused by the crashes.
He attributed the crashes to a secondary factor which he described as the very monster the corps was fighting; scooping of fuel from fallen tankers.
“This, therefore implies that without the casualties recorded from scooping fuel from crashed tankers, the Corps would have recorded 5,010 deaths in 2024.
“This will be as against 5,081 in 2023 signifying a 1.4 percent reduction in the total number of people killed,” he said.
The FRSC Corps Marshal decried the alarming rate of crashes and fatalities occurredthat as a result of loading of trailers with goods and persons, this, he said, is in addition to fatigue, speed violations, overloading, dangerous driving as well and poor vehicle maintenance.
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