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The Q2 2020 road transport data reflected that 2,080 road crashes occurred in Q2
2020. Speed violation is reported as the major cause of
road crashes in Q2 2020 and it accounted for 47%
of the total road crashes reported, Wrongful overtaking followed closely as it
accounted for 10% of the total road crashes recorded
while Dangerous Overtaking recorded the least of the total road crashes
reported.
A total of 5,535 Nigerians got injured in the road traffic crashes
recorded. Out of the total
Nigerians that got injured, 5,166 are
adults representing 93%
while the remaining 369 Nigerians are
children representing 7%.
4,393 male Nigerians, representing 79%, got injured in road crashes in Q2 2020 while 1,142 female
Nigerians, representing 21%
got injured.
Similarly, a total of 855 Nigerians got killed in the road traffic crashes
recorded in Q2 2020. Out of the total Nigerians
that got killed, 788 are adults representing
92% of the figure while the remaining 67
Nigerians are children representing 8%. 694 male Nigerians, representing 81%,
got killed in road crashes in Q2
2020 while 161
female Nigerians, representing 19%
got killed.
A total of 3,334 vehicles were involved in road traffic crashes in Q2 2020.
Car is reported to be the major type of vehicle involved in road crashes and it
accounted for 28% of the vehicles involved in road
crashes reported followed by Motorcycle and Minibus as they both accounted for
24% and 15%
respectively. Data on the category of vehicles involved in road crashes in Q2 2020
reflected that 64% of vehicles are commercial (2,124),
35% are private (1,166) and 1%
are government with 44 vehicles involved.
A total of 54,672 national drivers licenses were produced in Q2 2020 while a total of 155,552
vehicle number plates were produced in the same
period.
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