The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has said it recorded a 19.5 per cent reduction in fatalities within the FCT and Niger sector commands between 2019 and 2021.

The zonal commanding officer, Zone RS7 command, Shehu Mohammed, said this while presenting last year’s report at a press briefing on Friday in Abuja.

He said 503 persons were killed in road crashes between January and December 2019 while 405 deaths were recorded in the same period in 2021 translating to a 19.5 per cent reduction.

According to Mr Mohammed, the figure is an indication that the corps was on course towards meeting its set target of reducing crash-related fatalities by 20 per cent.

“This is in line with the FRSC strategic goals on road crash reduction and the united Decade of Action on road safety,” he said.

In the same vein, Mr Mohammed said the zonal command also recorded a 16.3 per cent reduction in road traffic crashes in 2021 when compared to the statistics for 2019.

He noted that 1,263 road traffic crashes were recorded between weeks one to 48 of 2021 as against 1,509 crashes in 2019.

According to him, there was a 9.8 per cent reduction in injured persons between 2021 and 2019 with 3,363 and 3,032 Injured persons respectively.

He added that 28,709 offenses were recorded in 2021 translating to 53.4 per cent improved performance for the year under review

(NAN)