The National Bureau of Statistics has said that a total of one thousand three hundred and twenty-three Nigerians were killed in road accidents in the fourth quarter of 2023.
According
to the News Agency of Nigeria, this was revealed in the NBS Road Transport Data
Q4 2023 Report released in Abuja.
The
report said the total road accidents recorded in the fourth quarter of 2023
were 2,717 which represented an increase of 24.23 per cent from the 2,187 recorded
in the third quarter of the same year.
It
however said on a year-on-year basis, traffic accidents decreased by 33.12 per
cent from 3,617 recorded in the Q4 of 2022.
On zonal
analysis, the report revealed that the North-Central recorded the highest
number of accidents in the Q4 2023 with 905, followed by the South-West with
650, while the South-South recorded the least with 141.
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