Two Ondo poly students killed in road crash
Two students of the Federal Polytechnic, Ile-Oluji, Ondo State, were killed in a fatal crash along the Akure-Ondo road on Wednesday evening.
8 die, 7 Injured In Delta Auto Crash- FRSC
No fewer than eight people were burnt beyond recognition on Sunday on the Ologbo Bridge, Benin/Sapele Expressway in Delta. The FRSC Spokesman, Mr Bisi Kazeem confirmed this in a statement in Abuja, stated that the fatal crash which occurred on October 1 at about 1pm, also had seven people injured. Kazeem said that the dual crash involved 15 different categories of vehicles stating the affected vehicles as 1 Toyota Hiace Bus, 2 FORD Buses, 1 Volkswagen Passat passat, 2 J5 Peugeot buses, 1 Daylong Motorcycle and 8 Tankers. “From the report gotten from the FRSC rescue team, a total of 15 people all male adults were involved. “Out of this number, seven people got injured, while eight victims were burnt beyond recognition. “The truck ladened with Petroleum Motor Spirit (PMS), coming from Warri, Delta State fell on the highway and spilled the PMS product on the road. “This, hereby led to an explosion that gutted the aforementioned number of vehicles and the 15 male victims, “he said. Kazeem quoted the FRSC Corps Marshal, Dauda Biu as calling on fleet operators, especially owners of tankers conveying inflammable products to ensure compliance with minimum safety standards by installing safety valves (Anti spill) in their vehicles. This, he said, is to eradicate all incidences of mishap resulting from lack of safety valves in tankers. Biu also called on owners and operators of tankers to comply with all safety standards set by the government on operation of that category of vehicle on Nigerian road. He directed Commanding Officers to ensure that tankers that do not meet safety standards were not allowed to ply the highways.
4 die, 10 injured in Jigawa auto crash – FRSC
About four persons have died, while 10 others sustained varying degrees of injuries in an accident involving two vehicles on Gumel-Kano Road in Jigawa. Mr Ibrahim Gambo, the Spokesman, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in the state, confirmed the accident in a Road Traffic Report (RTC), in Dutse on Monday. He said the accident occurred at about 12:25 a.m. when a bus had a head-on collision with an upcoming vehicle at Achauya village in Gumel Local Government Area of the state. “A commercial bus (Sharon) with registration number GML 260 XX carrying passengers was involved in a collision with a truck with registration number GUS 648 XA coming from the opposite direction. “It could be attributed to speed violation and loss of control, 14 persons, consisting of 11 males and three females were involved in the crash,” he said. He said that four male passengers were certified dead by a medical doctor at a hospital in the area while seven males and three females were receiving treatment. He advised motorists to shun night journeys and respect traffic rules to ensure safety on the road.
8 die, 6 injured in Bauchi auto crash – FRSC
No fewer than eight people lost their lives in an auto crash at Shadarki village along the Bauchi-Darazo road in Darazo Local Government Area of Bauchi State on Wednesday. Mr Yusuf Abdullahi, the Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), who confirmed this in a Road Traffic Crash report made available to newsmen in Bauchi on Thursday, said six other persons sustained various degrees of injuries in the crash. According to Abdullahi, the accident which involved one white private Toyota Hilux pick-up vehicle with number plate BPP 041 and one white commercial Volkswagen Golf 3 car with registration number DX 65 EKY, occurred around 1.32 p.m. He added that it took the corps’ personnel barely 10 minutes to arrive at the crash scene to clear the site. Abdullahi, who attributed the cause of the crash to wrongful overtaking, said that items recovered included four mobile phones and ‘personal effects’. “14 persons were involved in the fatal road crash and there were five male adults, six female adults, two male children, and one female child. “Eight of them lost their lives on the spot and there were two male adults, three female adults, two male children and one female child,” said the FRSC boss. He explained that the type of injuries sustained by the wounded victims included bruises, head injuries and fractures. The sector commander explained that both the corpses of the deceased and the injured had been taken to the General Hospital, Darazo, for medical attention and identification. Abdullahi, however, advised motorists to always be conscious of traffic rules and regulations while plying the roads, adding that the FRSC would not relent in its sensitisation of motorists about the traffic rules, signs and regulations in the state.
1,556 drivers’ licences unclaimed in Kano- FRSC
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has disclosed that no fewer than 1,556 processed and valid drivers’ licences are yet to be claimed by their applicants in Kano State. The FRSC Public Relations Officer in Kano State, Mr Abdullahi Labaran, disclosed this in Kano on Sunday. Labaran deplored the careless attitude of motorists in the state to safety on the roads. He said that with the level of exposure of people in the state, it was bewildering that motorists refused to collect their processed and valid driver’s licence. He explained that some of the unclaimed licences had been at the state’s Board of Internal Revenue office for years now. ”We will ensure that only duly tested and procedurally examined drivers ply our roads to ensure safety of all road users,’’ he said. On the ongoing “Operation Show Your Valid Drivers’ Licence”, the Public Relations Officer said that the ongoing operation and weekly mobile court sitting had been hitch-free and yielding positive fruit. ”We discovered that some driver’s licences had expired for between two and four years running and these drivers have been evading fines and prosecution. ”We impound the defaulting driver’s vehicle until the drivers were given public enlightenment and advised to go through the driving licence issuance processes and procedures as stipulated and get a fresh driver’s licence.”
Over 40,000 people die annually in road crashes – FRSC
Over 40,000 people die annually as a result of Road Traffic Crashes in Nigeria, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Corps Marshall, Dauda Biu has said. According to Biu, who said this in Abuja during activities marking the 7th United Nations Global Road Safety Week, these facts were the unholy statistics of Road Traffic Crashes and injuries which were a leading cause of death and disability. He also said that 1.3 million people were killed and as many as 50 million people get injured each year globally. According to him, there is no greater threat to people, aged 5-29 years than Road Traffic Crashes, as one in every four deaths occurs among pedestrians and cyclists. “In Nigeria, over 40,000 persons die annually as a result of this avoidable scourge,“ he said. The FRSC boss said that the United Nations had developed global plan for the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2021-2030. He said that it reflected an ambitious target to reduce road traffic deaths and injuries, which would be by 50 percent by 2030. Biu said that the 2023 edition of the event with theme; ‘’Sustainable Transport‘’ is slated for Monday to Sunday. He said: “FRSC is partnering with the World Health Organisation (WHO), Federal Ministry of Health (FMH) and United Nations Decade of Action on Road Safety and Injury Prevention (UNDARSIP) to mark the event with various activities. According to him, the need to take action to ensure safe roads, vehicles and behaviours as well as to improve emergency care is paramount. “The 7th UN Global Road Safety Week is focusing on sustainable transport with the slogan #RethinkMobility, which necessitates the urgent need to shift to walking, cycling and using public transport. “The key messages of this year’s event centers on the need for governments and their partners to rethink mobility. “Ensuring safety must be at the core of efforts to re-imagine mobility and thus road networks must be designed with the most-at-risk in mind, “he said. The Corps Marshal, however, called on government at all levels and partners to rethink mobility with a mindset to providing access to safe and affordable mobility systems for all. Biu stressed the need for government to make available accessible, resilient, low and sustainable mobility systems to create livable cities that would fulfil the mobility needs of all. This, he said was to ensure safety at all cost, adding that the road network must be designed in consideration of the vulnerable road users who were the most at risk in mind. He noted that this would ensure that they feel safe walking and cycling, adding that this would further promote good health, sustainable cities and equitable society. Meanwhile, the Focal Person/Country representative, UN decade of Action for Road safety, Prof. Sydney Ibeanusi, said that government would continue to put the issue of road safety on the front burner. Ibeanusi said that Nigeria had a better system, saying “what we want to show the world was that the system actually exists. “Nigeria has been chosen as a country to improve cycling, and Abuja has been chosen as one of the five states globally. ”This is for a project implementation to encourage cycling and we will not relent in our efforts,“ he said.