The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), has said a total of 348 motor vehicles were involved in road traffic accidents within the outgoing year in FCT.
The accidents involved 508 people among whom are 39 fatal cases, 118 suffered serious injuries while 335 had minor or no injuries at all.
These figures were made known by the secretary, FCT Transportation Secretariat, Abdulahi Adamu Candido, during the 2022 End of Year Press Briefing in Abuja.
He said the territory witnessed high rate of traffic accidents during the rainy season as a result of slippery nature of the road surface coupled with over speeding by motorists.
The secretary added that majority of the recorded accidents were self-accidents.
Candido stated that as part of measures to inculcate good behavior and improve driver’s and rider’s knowledge, the secretariat through the Department of Road Traffic Service (DRTS) has established Driver’s Training Centre in Lugbe area of the territory.
“A total of 4,401 traffic regulation violators, 850 dispatch operation riders have attended mandatory training at our Lugbe centre.
“A total of 37, 572 motor vehicles have undergone inspection and emission testing at the DRTS computerised Inspection Centres,” he said.
