Ninety four persons were killed in 301 motor accidents in Gombe State from January to date, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) the state said on Tuesday.
The Corps Commander, Mr. Felix Theman revealed this in Gombe at the inauguration of the 2022 Ember Months campaign tagged: “Operation Zero Tolerance”.
The theme of the campaign is “Avoid Speeding, Overloading and Unsafe Tyres to Arrive Alive.”
Theman said 845 other persons sustained varying degrees of injuries in the crashes which attributed the accidents to speeding, overloading, wrongful overtaking, faulty vehicles and failure to comply with speed limits.
Theman urged the motorists to avoid the temptation of hurrying while driving, taking alcoholic drinks and narcotics, use of phones and other acts capable of causing accidents.
“There is no vaccine for road crashes, the only vaccine is doing the right thing,” he said.
Theman also cautioned motorcycle riders against violating traffic rules, adding that the Corps had impounded over 1,000 motorbikes in the last three months in the state.
He said some of the cyclists were found to be operating with fake, incomplete or outright lack of proper registrations.
The FRSC official further cautioned against reckless driving during electioneering campaigns, stressing that all traffic rules and regulations would be enforced.
