5,281 road crashes, 2,838 deaths recorded in 6 months – FRSC

Briefing newsmen in Abuja, he lamented that 2,838 lives were lost while 17,818 were rescued.

He decried an increase in crashes by 3.9% and a rise in fatalities by 2.2%. The total number of people involved in road crashes in the period under review also increased by 8.9 compared to the same period in 2024.

He said record within the same period, showed that operatives arrested 290,887 traffic offenders for committing 319,798 offences, meanwhile, 250,720 offenders were arrested and 271,895 offences recorded in 2024.

Mohammed said it reflects a 16 percent rise in arrests and 14.9% increase in offences booked.

He said the increase in the percentage of arrests and offences do not reflect the corps as a weakened institution, rather it affirms that the corps is more vigilant and responsive to ensuring safety through visible enforcement.

According to him, in the period under review, over 30 million passengers travelled using 2.3 million vehicles across the national road network and the volume of vehicles and passengers on the roads had a corelative impact on the total number of offenders and offences booked.

Mohammed noted that not only poor behavior of motorist were the causes of accidents, but the use of older cars which have stayed over ten years.

“It also called for more effort from our operatives to meet up with the expectations for safety by the motoring public. For instance, Anambra and Kano States alone accounted for over 6.5 million passengers representing 22% of the total passenger travels.

“These figures clearly demonstrated that the scale of road usage was quite high with attendant pressure on the road infrastructure and on our workforce,” he said.

He stated that the corps was not overwhelmed but resilient and committed to meet up with the growing national challenge with professionalism and innovation.

Mohammed said the corps has ‘midwifed’ a Bill to amend the FRSC Establishment Act to empower the Corps for effective traffic management, strengthen the institutional framework to protect personnel and infrastructure as well as enhanced staff welfare, hence, the Bill has been passed on 22 July, 2025 by the House of Representatives while awaiting concurrence by the Senate

He said the launch of the National Crash Reporting Information System (NACRIS) and the FRSC Mobile App has enhanced crash data reporting and improved public engagement and provided real-time access to critical safety features such as blackspot detection, emergency reporting, drivers’ license and number plate verification, as well as easy access to the National Traffic Radio from anywhere across the globe.

He noted that road crash was a societal challenge “and our response must be strategic, sustained, and supported by all stakeholders. As we move into the third quarter of 2025, I charge all Commanding Officers to intensify field operations, maintain discipline, and uphold the core values of the Corps.

“For the remaining part of the year, FRSC is determined to ensure that the motoring public complies with road traffic laws and regulations through special enforcement operations. We will adopt stringent measures of enforcement by strengthening Mobile Court sessions and special monitoring operations to deal with recalcitrant drivers on our highways. It is expected that these measures would impact positively on driver behaviour thus ensuring safety on our roads.”