The Federal Road Safety Corps on Wednesday said 5,440 people died in 9,734 Road Traffic Crashes across the country in 2015.
The Jigawa State Sector Commander of the corps, Angus Ibezim, disclosed this in Dutse at the launch of the 2016 Ember Months campaign.
The theme of the campaign is: “Crash the Crash, Kill the Speed.”
Ibezim said that 940 people were also killed in 1,145 RTCs in Zone 1 of the corps comprising Kano, Kaduna, Katsina and Jigawa states.
Ibezim said: “A review of 2015 annual report shows that 5,440 people were killed in 9,734 cases of RTCs in Nigeria.
“Also, 940 were killed in 1,145 cases in this zone comprising Kano,Kaduna, Katsina and Jigawa states.”
To reduce the menace of TRCs, he said, the command had improved its enforcement in 2016 as compared to the previous year.
He also said that the command had outlined different campaign programmes to enlighten the general public.
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