Gombe records 1,345 road crashes, 98 deaths in nine months - FRSC

The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, has recorded 1,345 roadworthy postulation crashes successful Gombe State betwixt January and September 2026, resulting successful 98 deaths and 1,345 injuries.

The Sector Commander of the FRSC successful Gombe State, Commander Samson Kaura, disclosed this connected Tuesday portion addressing members of the authorities assembly of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, during the 2026 World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims.

Kaura said the fig of deaths recorded during the play represented a six per cent summation compared with the corresponding play successful the erstwhile year.

“We are acrophobic astir the summation successful roadworthy clang fatalities, with excessive speeding and reckless driving remaining large causes. In 2025, the bid recorded 1,614 roadworthy postulation incidents, which claimed 92 lives and near 926 others injured,” helium said.

Kaura warned that careless driving continued to endanger the lives of motorists and different roadworthy users.

He called for greater work connected the highways.

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