The Nigeria's population is now 193.3 billion
- There are about 11,547,236 vehicles in the country
- 72.0 per cent of road accident victims are men
A new report by the National Bureau of Statistic (NBS) stated that the Nigeria’s population is now 193,392,517 and there are about 11,547,236 vehicles in the country.
The reports also claimed that more men falls victim of car accident than women and children as 72.0 percent of accident victims are men while women constitute 22.4 per cent as male and female children account for 3.2 per cent and 2.5 per cent.
NBS also indicates that excessive speed was the leading cause of injuries for 6,803 victims involved in 2,478 road accidents during the third quarter of 2017 alone.
The report reads: “Speed violation is reported as the major cause of road crashes in Q3 and it accounted for 44.51% of the total road crashes reported.
“Loss of control and dangerous driving followed closely as they both accounted for 10.41% and 9.52% of the total road crashes recorded.
“A total of 6,803 Nigerians got injured in the road traffic crashes recorded.”
It added that “6,419 of the 6,803 Nigerians that got injured, representing 94.4 per cent of the figure, are adults while the remaining 384 Nigerians, representing 5.7 per cent of the figure are children”.
“5,110 male Nigerians, representing 75 per cent, got injured in road crashes in Q3 while 1,693 female Nigerians, representing 25 per cent, got injured.
“Similarly, a total of 1,070 Nigerians got killed in the road traffic crashes recorded in Q3.
“A total of 981 of the 1,070 Nigerians that got killed, representing 91.7 per cent of the figure, are adults while the remaining 89 Nigerians, representing 8.3 per cent of the figure are children.”
“815 male Nigerians, representing 76.2 per cent, got killed in road crashes in Q3 while 255 female Nigerians, representing 23.8 per cent got killed."