Road Accidents Drop In Kwara

The Kwara State Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says there was reduction in road accidents and fatalities last year.

Spokesman of the FRSC in the state,  Olayinka Basambo, disclosed this in a statement yesterday.

He said the number of auto  crashes reduced from 348 in 2022 to 307 in 2023, representing 11.78% decrease.

Basambo, quoting the state commander of FRSC, Stephen Dawulung,  said  the fatality figure also dropped from 231 in 2022 to 196 in 2023, representing 15.15%decrease.

He attributed this to resilience and commitment of officers and men of the command in pursuit of goal 1 of the 2023 FRSC corporate strategic goals.

Basambo added that in December 2023, road traffic crash figures reduced to 26, compared with 41 recorded in December 2022, representing 36.58 percent decrease.

“Also, fatality reduced from 14 in December 2022 to 11 in December 2023, representing 21.43%decrease,” he added.