FRSC - ‘Auto Crashes Killed 1, 397 People in Six Months’

The Federal Road Safety Commission has said 1,397 persons lost their lives in road accidents  recorded in different parts of the country in the first half of 2013 according to Punch Newspaper.

FRSC Corps Marshal, Osita Chidoka, made this known on Wednesday in Akure, the Ondo State capital, at the sensitisation programme on speed limit devices.

The Corps Marshal also said that the commission had commenced the prosecution of 50 fleet operators for failing to register their companies with the commission as required by law.

He said the commission had secured convictions for two of the transport companies for the same offence.

Chidoka said the development was part of the Road Transport Safety Standardisation Scheme of the commission.

He noted  that the  punitive measure against the erring operators had led to registration of additional 120 operators.

While charging the motorists across the country to make use of the speed limit devices, Chidoka said the devices had a wide range of benefits, saying “it boosts fuel economy and increases the ability of the driver to manoeuvre in the event of an accident.”