FRSC also recorded a 7 per cent increase in fatalities as 5,421 people were killed in 2024, while 5,081 people died in 2023
By Kehinde Okeowo
Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) boss, Corps Marshal, Malam Shehu Mohammed on Monday revealed that 411 Nigerians lost their lives while scoping fuel last year.
He made the disclosure in Abuja while addressing newsmen on the 2024 special patrol operations.
He went on to note that about 21, 580 traffic offenders were arrested by his men between January and December 2024 across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
Mohammed further said FRSC recorded a reduction in the number of offenders in 2024 as it apprehended 29,220 within the same period in 2023.
He explained, “This signifies a 26 per cent increase in compliance to traffic rules and regulations.”
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The FRSC boss also stated that the total number of offences committed stood at 25,942, representing 23.5 per cent reduction in traffic law violation compared to the data of the same period in 2023.
He explained that the analysis of the corps’ annual performance indicated a drastic reduction in Road Traffic Crashes (RTCs).
He further explained that from January 1 to Decembed 31, 2024, a total of 9,570 RTCs were recorded nationwide, stressing that the figure is against 10,617 RTCs recorded in 2023, which signified a tremendous reduction of 10 per cent.
He said that 31,154 people were injured in 2024 while 31,874 were injured in 2023 representing a two per cent decrease.
Mohammed stated that the corps recorded a seven per cent increase in fatalities as 5,421 people were killed in 2024, while 5,081 people were killed in 2023.
The FRSC Corps Marshal pointed out that out of the total fatalities that occurred in 2024, 411 deaths, representing 7.6 per cent of the total deaths, were not primarily caused by the crashes, but by a secondary factor which he described as the very monster the corps was fighting: scooping of fuel from fallen tankers.
He said that without the casualties recorded from scooping fuel from crashed tankers, the Corps would have recorded 5,010 deaths in 2024.
