The data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) show that in 2016, a total of 5,053 Nigerians died in road accidents while in 2017, a total of 5,121 Nigerians died in road accidents.
The data further showed that in the first six months of this year, 2,623 Nigerians have perished on road traffic accidents across Nigeria.
The second quarter 2018 road transport data released yesterday by the NBS reflected that road traffic accidents killed a total of 1,331 Nigerians in the second quarter of 2018, up from the 1,292 Nigerians killed in the second quarter of the year.
The NBS had previously reported that a total of 1,306 Nigerians were killed by road traffic crashes in the final quarter of 2017.
The report showed that 2,608 road crashes occurred within the second quarter of 2018.
Speed violation is reported as the major cause of road crashes in the second quarter of 2018 and it accounted for 50.65 per cent of the total road crashes reported.
Tyre burst and dangerous driving followed closely as they both accounted for 8.59 per cent and 8.40 per cent of the total road crashes recorded.
The report also showed that a total of 8,437 Nigerians got injured in the road traffic crashes recorded, out of which, 7,946, representing 94 per cent, were adults while the remaining 491 Nigerians, representing 6 per cent were children.
Further breakdown showed that 6,415 male Nigerians, representing 76 per cent, got injured in road crashes in the second quarter of 2018 while 2,022 female Nigerians, representing 24 per cent got injured.
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