The Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Abia State Command, Ngozi Ezeoma, has disclosed that 19,236 Nigerians died in 37,789 road crashes that happened from January 2023 to September 2026.
She also said that 118,720 Nigerians were injured in accidents that happened within the period under review.
Ezeoma made the figures available on Monday while briefing journalists and other stakeholders on the 2026 World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims.
She said that the figures came from FRSC’s Road Traffic Database Management System.
Ezeoma, who said that road traffic crashes wreaked havoc on victims, their families and friends, pointed out that it was the collective responsibility of all Nigerians to support the FRSC in stopping recklessness and making the roads safer for every user.
“These numbers are more than just statistics as they represent human lives, families in grief and communities in distress.
” The data summary above is clear as speed and human recklessness remain our biggest killers. 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,” Ezeoma cautioned.
She noted that the third week of every November is set aside by the United Nations to remember the victims of road crashes.
The Abia FRSC Sector Commander disclosed that the Command would visit victims of road crashes in selected hospitals in the state, saying that the visit was to empathize with the victims and to share in their pains.
She further appealed to the media, Abia transport unions and religious leaders to support FRSC crusades for safer roads.