About 4,387 persons were killed in road traffic crashes from January to June across the 36 states and the FCT.
The Corps Public Education Officer, Assistant Corps Marshal, Mr Bisi Kazeem, revealed this on Sunday in Abuja.
He said 14,108 persons were wounded from the crashes within the same period.
He attributed the accidents to night trips, fatigue, route violation, dangerous overtaking, use of worn out/expired tyres and speeding.
“And you know our men do not operate at night, as such these drivers take advantage of our absence on the road at night to violate established traffic regulations,” he said.
Kazeem said one of the key reasons for those crashes was that most of them were manned by untrained or partially trained and inexperienced drivers.
This, he said, was discovered through painstaking investigation and research.
“Before now, the key issue was their inability to meet basic safety standards.
“This necessitated the establishment of commands in Tank Farms to ensure that before any tanker loads inflammable products, it must meet the maximum safety standards.
“Kazeem also said the Corps recorded 14,108 injuries from the crashes and rescued 15,789 persons unhurt in road traffic crashes within the same period.
He said there was no rise in road crashes involving trucks and tankers, rather there was a decline.
He, however, said the corps recorded a slight rise in fatalities where a reasonable number of people were killed in a few crashes.
