The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Wednesday said during the Eid-el-fitr special patrol, it recorded a 42.5 per cent reduction in road traffic crashes, 39.6 per cent reduction in number of people involved, and 52.5 per cent reduction in number of people killed.
The Corps Marshal, Dauda Biu, gave the hint during a press briefing in Abuja on the outcome of the Easter and Eid El-Fitr patrol.
He said the Corps equally recorded reduction in fatalities as 33 victims were killed in 2024 against 81 killed in the same period in 2023, adding that this represents 59.3 per cent reduction.
Biu noted that while 32.6 per cent decrease was recorded in the number of people injured, the Corps achieved 43.8 per cent reduction in the number of people rescued without injuries.
He noted: “In terms of the basic data for the sallah operations, in 2023, the Corps recorded 127 road traffic crashes, this number was reduced in 2024 to 73 representing 42.5 per cent reduction.
“In addition, while the total number of people killed in 2023 was 59, people killed in the same period in 2024 reduced to 28, signifying a drop of 52.5 per cent.
“In 2023, a total of 772 people were involved in aforementioned crashes, while 466 got involved in 2024 representing 39.6 per cent reduction.”
On injuries, Biu said the corps recorded a total of 334 people rescued with injuries in 2023, adding that this figure was against 225 recorded in 2024 representing 32.6 per cent decrease; while in 2023, 379 victims were rescued without injuries, the figure reduced to 213 in 2024 representing 43.8 per cent reduction.
“On offenders and offences, the Corps arrested 5629 offenders in 2023. This figure reduced in 2024 to 4815 signifying a drop of 14.5%. These offenders committed 6654 offences in 2023 while in the same period of 2024 they committed 5721 representing 14 per cent decrease.”
Similarly, during the 2024 Easter Special Patrol period, the Corps, he added, recorded 62 road traffic crashes.
This, he noted, was against 107 in the same period of 2023, representing 42 per cent decrease.
“These crashes involved 417 people in 2024, in contrast to 705 in the previous year, also indicating a significant reduction of 40.9 per cent.”