The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Monday revealed that a total of 3,433 persons were killed and 22,162 persons injured out of a total of 6,858 reported road crashes between January and September, 2025.
The Corp Marshal, FRSC, Shehu Mohammed made this known in Abuja during the flag-off of the 2025 Ember Months Public Enlightenment and Sensitisation Campaign.
He said the report showed a decrease in the number of deaths recorded within the same period last year.
Mohammed added that 2024 Operation Zero which took place between 15 December, 2024 and 15 January, 2025 crash statistics reveal that 432 persons were killed; 2,070 persons were injured out of 533 reported cases of road crashes.
Mohammed noted that the records also showed that the major causes of those crashes were linked to driver fatigue, overloading of persons, conveyance of persons in haulage vehicles and traveling with fuel in plastic containers.
He noted that the Ember month campaign is a yearly tradition through which the Corps intensifies its advocacy and public awareness on the need for safer road use.
The Corps Marshal emphasised that the ember months is a season marked by increased travel, higher traffic volume and attendant rise in road crash injuries and fatalities.
He revealed that the choice of the 2025 End-of-Year campaign theme, “Taking Responsibility for Your Safety was deliberate and well thought-out.”
Mohammed said: ‘Deployment of FRSC personnel and Special Marshals across major highways and crash-prone corridors nationwide;b. Free-vehicle check exercise to improve vehicle road worthiness
“Conducting motor park rallies and motorcar carnivals nationwide to raise awareness level of motorist and the general public Organising Townhall meetings to strengthen collaboration with transport unions, security agencies, and other critical road safety stakeholders for a seamless ember-months campaign.
“These measures, in addition to our routine enforcement operations, are designed to raise awareness against reckless driving usually associated with the ember months.
“It is also expected that the implementation of these measures will significantly reduce the percentage of occurrence of road crashes and drive down road crash-related deaths and injuries,” Mohammed assured.