Nigeria Recorded 11,363 Road Accidents In 2016 — NBS

Nigeria recorded 11, 363 street mishaps in 2016, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said.

The authority uncovered this in its 2016 Road Transport Data discharged on Thursday in Abuja.

The report said that speed infringement was accounted for as the significant reason for the mishaps in 2016, which represented 33.86 for every penny of the aggregate street mischances announced.

"Loss of control and hazardous driving took after nearly as they both represented 15.43 for every penny and 8.53 for each penny of the aggregate street mischances recorded.

"A sum of 30,105 Nigerians got harmed in the mishaps recorded in 2016.

"Twenty eight thousand two, hundred and fifty (28,250) of the 30,105 Nigerians that got harmed, speaking to 94 for each penny of the figure, are grown-ups, while the staying 1,855 Nigerians, speaking to six for each penny of the figure are youngsters.

"Twenty two thousand, seven hundred and five (22, 705) male Nigerians, speaking to 75 for every penny were harmed in the mischances in 2016, while 7,400 female Nigerians, speaking to 25 for each penny got harmed,'' it said.

Also, the report expressed that an aggregate of 5,053 Nigerians got slaughtered in the street mischances recorded in the period under audit.

The report expressed that 4,696 of the 5,053 Nigerians that got executed, speaking to 93 for every penny of the figure were grown-ups, while the staying 357 Nigerians, speaking to seven for each penny of the figure are kids.

It expressed that 3, 970 male Nigerians, speaking to 79 for each penny, got slaughtered in the mishaps, while 1,083 female Nigerians, speaking to 25 for every penny, got executed.

The report said the aggregate vehicle populace in Nigeria in 2016 was put at 11,387,185.

"Business vehicles represented 53.8 for each penny of the aggregate vehicle populace in Nigeria in 2016, private vehicles 44.5 for every penny, government vehicles 1.65 for each penny and political vehicles represented 0.1 for each penny.

"With the aggregate populace of the nation puts at 193 million in 2016, Nigeria's vehicle per populace proportion is put at 0.06.

"Information on the class of vehicles required in the street mishaps mirrored that 56.6 for every penny of the vehicles are business (8,876) and 41.6 for each penny are private (6,521).''

As per the information, 1.70 for each penny are government (270), and the staying 0.10 for each penny are discretionary (15).

The report additionally expressed that FCT recorded the most elevated number of mishaps, nearly took after by Kaduna and Niger States, while Borno and Bayelsa recorded the slightest.

"An aggregate of 889,834 national drivers licenses were created in 2016.

"Lagos and FCT delivered the most elevated number of drivers' licenses, while Yobe and Zamfara created minimal number of national drivers' permit.

"Also, a sum of 462,395 vehicle number plates were created in 2016.

"Lagos and FCT delivered the most elevated number of vehicle plate numbers, while Yobe and Zamfara created minimal number of vehicle plate numbers in 2016,'' it expressed.