The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has said that 3200 persons were killed in road accidents caused by articulated vehicles, tankers and trailers, across the country between 2015 to 2018.
Speaking on Wednesday (Today) in Lagos at a sensitisation rally which had as its theme, “Truck Transit Park: A Panacea For Crash Free Haulage Operation In Nigeria”, the FRSC Corps Marshal, Boboye Oyeyemi said 3,226 tankers and trailers were involved in accidents between 2015 -2018.
Oyeyemi who was represented by the Assistant Corp Marshal of the FRSC, Victor Nwokolo at the event jointly put together by the Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC) and the FRSC, attributed the road crashes to driver’s fatigue, over-speeding and drunk driving which he said would be addressed if the TTPs come to being.
According to Oyeyemi, while delivering a paper titled: Improving Road Safety In Haulage Operations Through Truck Transit Scheme, “between 2015 to 2019, 3,226 articulated accidents have led to death of 3200 Nigerians while 12,474 people were wounded.”
Giving details, he explained that “979 persons were killed in articulated vehicles related accidents in 2015; 910 in 2016; 737 in 2017 and 574 in 2018.”
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The FRSC Corp Marshall added that “Establishment of TTPs is key towards improving road safety and security of cargo. Statistics showed that the country has recorded several cases of road traffic crashes involving tankers/trailers from haulage businesses with causes ranging from driver’s fatigue, over speeding and drinking while driving. These have triggered TTPs for drivers to properly take care of themselves while on transit.”
Speaking earlier, the Executive Secretary of the NSC, Hassan Bello said about 41 per cent of articulated truck accidents were found to have been caused by fatigue.
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