The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has highlighted three major factors that lead to deadly road traffic accidents in Nigeria.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports that the FRSC highlighted the three factors as human, environmental and technical factors.
However, the FRSC disclosed that 75 per cent of road accidents in the country are caused by human errors.
“Human factors include speeding, traffic violation, drunk driving, overloading, use of phones on wheel, impatience of drivers.
“Wrongful overtaking and use of expired tyres among others contributed over 75 per cent of road accidents,” an official said on Wednesday.
Mrs Modupe Ojo-Gbenga, FRSC Unit Commander in Okitipupa, Ondo State, said this during the inauguration of a public sensitisation campaign on the ember months held at New Garage.
Ojo-Gbenga said that the months of September to December are usually associated with high vehicular movements and attendant road crashes.
“Hence, the need for more robust public enlightenment, more advocacies and increased enforcement to stem the incessant cases of road crashes,” the unit commander said.
She appealed to motorists and motorcyclists to abide by traffic rules and regulations and endeavour to avoid the human factors that may lead to road crashes.
The commander said that the FRSC was committed to intensifying sensitisation and enlightenment campaigns to reduce road mishaps.
Ojo-Gbenga solicited the support of stakeholders, including the road transport unions to instil safe driving culture on road users.