212 people were killed and 1,132 were injured in 334 road crashes between January and July 2022, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Niger state Sector Commander, Kumar Tsukwam has disclosed.
Tsukwam said 2,168 people and 439 vehicles were involved in these road crashes across the state while lamenting that there is an 8.4 per cent increase in the road crash rate within the same period last year.
The Sector Commander, who spoke during a courtesy visit to the Executives of the Niger state chapter of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in Minna, said the major causes of the road crashes include overspeeding, tyre bursts, use of phone while driving, fatigue, overloading, route violation and wrongful overtaking.
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