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Deaths in road crashes rose 29% in 2022

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), has disclosed that the number of deaths in road crashes across the country increased by 29 per cent in 2022.

Addressing a press conference in Abuja, the nation’s capital on Friday, the Corp Marshal of the FRSC, Dauda Ali-Biu, said the traffic-related fatalities increased from 291 in 2021 to 381 in 2022.

Ali-Biu also put the number of highway crashes last year at 626 in 2022, as opposed to 544 in 2021, indicating a 15 per cent increase.

FRSC added, is determined to bring down the curve of road crashes if only motorists will desist from flagrant violations of traffic regulations.

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