Road accidents: 19,236 dead in Nigeria since January 2023
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Daily Post
The Abia State Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) reports 19,236 deaths and 118,720 injuries in 37,789 road accidents between January 2023 and September 2026. According to the commander, excessive speed and recklessness remain the main causes, and visits will be organised to accident victims hospitalised in the state.
The sector commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Abia State, Ngozi Ezeoma, announced on Monday that 19,236 Nigerians died in 37,789 road accidents between January 2023 and September 2026, and that 118,720 others were injured. The figures come from the FRSC’s road traffic database management system, she said at a press briefing held on the occasion of the 2026 World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims.
According to Ngozi Ezeoma, excessive speed and reckless driving remain the main causes of deaths. 'These figures are more than statistics: they are human lives, families in mourning and communities in distress,' she said, adding that every time someone exceeds the speed limit, they risk extinguishing 'another light forever'.
The Abia command is to visit accident victims in selected hospitals across the state. She asked the media, Abia transport unions and religious leaders to support the FRSC’s campaigns for safer roads.
Deadly road accidents also claim victims elsewhere in Africa, such as a bus-truck collision which killed 21 people in Tanzania.
