Federal Road Safety Corps said a total of 5,700 crashes occurred within the first half of the year 2023.
FRSC also noted that the crashes claimed 2,850 lives as against 6,627 crashes that occurred in 2022 within the same period leaving 3,375 dead.
The Corps said that there is a 14 per cent reduction in crashes when compared with that of last year while there is a 15 per cent reduction as well in the number of those who died from these accidents.
It also said that 16,716 were recorded as being injured and rescued from accidents within this period as against 19,440 rescued in 2022, leaving behind a 14 per cent reduction.
