The Lagos Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps said over 111 road crash have been recorded in the first quarter of 2024.

Babatunde Farinloye, the Sector Commander, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Lagos,  that over 535 people were involved in the road crash accident out of which 17 died within the period under review.

“We had a total of 179 casualties, which comprised 162 injured persons and 17 deaths. A total of 111 cases were recorded; 14 were fatal, 65 serious and 32 minor cases,” he said.

Babatunde noted that 98 commercial vehicles, 69 owned by individuals, and two government vehicles, were involved in the accidents.

“Our target is zero fatality, not that accidents will not happen, but we are pushing for zero fatality.

“Accidents occur due to many reasons, including environmental and mechanical errors, but majorly the cause of the accident is attached under human error.

“It is humans that will go above recommended speed limits; they will not recognise signals and signs on the road, they don’t maintain the vehicle, they will see that the road is not good and still want to go above the speed limits,” he lamented.

Ibrahim Farinloye, the Lagos Territorial Coordinator, National Emergency Management Agency, confirmed the crash in a statement.