FRSC corps marshal, Dauda Biu, who spoke on Tuesday in Abuja at a one-day stakeholders meeting on policy development and implementation on pre-fitted speed limiting device in locally-assembled and imported vehicles, revealed that 8,339 persons were injured in those crashes.
According to the corps marshal, over-speeding contributed to the high number of road fatalities, adding that with good mobility through the design and manufacturing of vehicles, crashes would reduce on Nigerian roads.
Not dissimilar to global experience, speed emerges as the leading contributory factor in road crashes, injuries, and deaths.
“After observing that behavioral and attitudinal change methods alone cannot produce the desired results, the FRSC began to search for a long-term solution.”
“Today, we are complying with the United Nations Decade of Action on Road Safety (2021-2030), particularly in terms of safer vehicles.”
“It is certain that if we have good mobility through vehicle design and manufacturing, crashes on our roads will be reduced.”
Biu explained that road fatalities have prompted global actions and campaigns to address the issue, and that the strategy was to employ technology that is both cost-effective and adaptable, with the ability to regulate speed.
to national thresholds.
He went on to say that the advancement resulted in the installation of speed-limiting devices in vehicles.
The corps marshal expressed regret that previous attempts to enforce the policy on the installation of speed-limiting devices in commercial vehicles had been postponed several times.
According to Biu, President Muhammadu Buhari approved the policy on April 1, 2016, but its implementation was delayed until October 1, 2016.
Biu stated that 173,573 vehicles were fitted with speed limiters between October 1, 2016 and April 30, 2017.
“A large number of registered vehicles in Nigeria have yet to comply,” he added. This is unacceptable, highlighting the critical need for this policy.
“The FRSC has proposed developing and implementing the pre-fitted, speed-limiting device.”for all vehicles assembled in Nigeria and those imported into the country.”
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