Road accidents in the second quarter of this year (Q2, 2025) rose by 9.44% to 2,631 compared to 2,404 crashes in the corresponding quarter of 2024, fresh data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Thursday revealed.
The reported showed that the accidents claimed 1,018 males while 6,629 males got injured. By contrast, 217 females died while 1,891 got injured in the period, indicating the increasing challenges the adult male population face in the daily struggle to seek a living.
According to the NBS data based on reports from the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Nigeria recorded 2,631 road traffic crashes in the second quarter of 2025, representing a 9.44% increase compared to 2,404 crashes in the corresponding quarter of 2024.