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The Q3 2020 road transport data reflected that 3,066 road crashes occurred in Q3
2020. Speed violation is reported as the major cause of
road crashes in Q3 2020
and it accounted for 57.26%
of the total road crashes reported, Wrongful overtaking followed closely as it
accounted for 7.11% of the total road crashes recorded
while Dangerous Overtaking recorded the least of the total road crashes
reported.
Similarly, a total of 1,236 Nigerians got killed
in the road traffic crashes recorded in Q3
2020. Out
of the total Nigerians that got killed, 1,176 are adults representing
95% of the figure while the remaining 60 Nigerians are children representing 5%. 976 male
Nigerians, representing 79%,
got killed in road crashes in Q3 2020
while 200 female Nigerians, representing 16% got killed.
A total of 4,893 vehicles were involved in road traffic
crashes in Q3 2020.
Car is reported to be the major type of vehicle involved in road crashes and it
accounted for 30.30% of the vehicles involved in road
crashes reported followed by Motorcycle and Minibus as they both accounted for
22.60% and 15.50%
respectively. Data on the category of vehicles involved in road crashes in Q3 2020
reflected that 61% of vehicles are
commercial (2,987), 37.80%
are private (1,849) and
1.10% are government with 56 vehicles involved.
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