A total of 5,483 Nigerians got killed in road accidents recorded in 2019 according to the latest statistics from the National Bureau of Statistics on Thursday.
The NBS disclosed in its report on ‘Road transport data for 2019’ that Nigeria recorded 11,072 road crashes in the period under review.
“Speed violation is reported as the major cause of road crashes in 2019 and it accounted for 48 percent of the total road crashes reported, wrongful overtaking followed closely as it accounted for nine percent of the total road crashes recorded, while poor weather recorded the least of the total road crashes reported.
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