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- In Nigeria, trauma is th e main reason for emergen cy room visits and road traffic accidents are responsible for the majority of de aths. The overall road traffic injury rate is about 41 per 1000 populati on and mortality from road traffic injurie s is about 1.6 per 1000 populati on.
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Dec 1, 2023 · More than 11,800 road traffic casualties were reported in Nigeria during the fourth quarter of 2021. Of those, around 10.2 thousand were injuries, while 1.7 thousand were registered deaths.
Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 population) - Nigeria. World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository ( apps.who.int/ghodata ). License : CC BY-4.0.
In terms of sex distribution of persons killed in road traffic crashes, 1,136 males were killed in Q3 2021, accounting for 79.33 per cent of 1,432 persons killed in total. This rose to 1,343 in Q4 2021, representing 81.30 per cent of 1,652 persons killed.
Global status report on road safety 2023 Nigeria. Nigeria. Population: 213 401 323. Income group: Lower middle income. WHO Region: African Region. GSRRS participation: 2009, 2013, 2015, 2018, 2023. BURDEN. Reported fatalities (year) 6 205 (2021) Reported fatalities sex distribution (Male; Female)
In Q1 2022, total road traffic crashes were 3,345, showing a decrease of 1.82% from Q4 2021, which recorded 3,407. Disaggregating crashes into categories showed that serious cases in Q1 2022 were higher with 2,100 compared to fatal and minor cases with 871 and 374 respectively.
The National Road Safety Strategy 2021–2030 represents the commitment of federal, state and territory governments to an agreed set of national goals, objectives and action priorities; setting out a path for action to reduce fatal and serious injury crashes on Nigerian Roads.