The Lagos State government said weeks ago that motorcycles (okadas) and tricycles (keke) contribute to most accident deaths on Lagos roads, justifying
corroborates this figure as well. The figure breakdown accounts for a death toll of 165 as well as 971 injured.
Thus, it stands to reason, evidenced by the foregoing, it is wrong to say… “10,000 accidents were recorded in the state in three years,” and that this has caused “over 600 death cases.”This aside, different vehicles are responsible for the cases recorded over the years. And while there is no state-by-state breakdown of accidents by vehicles, motorcycles did not cause the most mishaps. Rather, cars are responsible for most of the accidents.
In 2017, the share taken by cars remained 34 per cent while minibuses reached 20 per cent and motorcycles dropped to 19 per cent.Bisi Kazeem, spokesperson of the Federal Road Safety Corps, told DUBAWA the data quoted covers all accidents on all federal, state and local roads, reported to them. He further said they collaborate with relevant agencies, including hospitals, to come up with the data.
“We do what is known as hospital check-up. If an happens today, after 30 days, whatever happens to the if he dies, is still classified as fatality — we still count it.”
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