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FRSC: Road crashes drop by 6% in Zamfara

The Federal Road Safety Corps says it has recorded a six per cent drop in road crashes across Zamfara, compared to the same period last year.

• October 21, 2025
Road crash
Road crash [Credit: Aaj English TV]

The Federal Road Safety Corps says it has recorded a six per cent drop in road crashes across Zamfara, compared to the same period last year.

The sector commander, Aliyu Ma’aji, disclosed this during a press conference to flag off the 2025 Ember Months Campaign in Gusau on Monday.

Mr Ma’aji said the command in the year 2025 had witnessed 46 road crashes as against 56 accidents recorded in the year 2024, showing a decrease of 6.27 per cent.

The commander recalled that in the year 2024, road crashes had killed 51 people and injured 259 others.
He attributed the casualties to mixed loading among truck users, “who are of the habit of carrying goods, animals, and passengers together”.

Delivering the message of corps marshall Shehu Mohammed, Mr Ma’aji said the theme of this year’s campaign, ‘Take Responsibility of Your Safety: Stop Distracted Driving’, was apt. He said the corps marshall identified human factors as some of the major causes of road crashes.

The message, according to him, also drew attention to the fact that drivers are largely responsible for the crashes on the highways.

“It shows that the major causes of accidents are: drivers’ fatigue, overloading of passengers, conveyance of passengers in haulage vehicles, and traveling with fuel in plastic containers,” he noted.

The sector commander said the choice of the 2025 end-of-the-year campaign theme was to address road traffic infringements by drivers, which were largely responsible for the previous road crashes.

Mr Ma’aji said the corps, in line with its commitment to achieve the desired outcomes from the 2025 end-of-year campaign, had mapped out new strategies in addition to the routine enforcement. 

(NAN)

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