The National Bureau of Statistics reported this in its Q3 2025 road transport data it just released.
It also reported that during the period, 5,103 males were injured, a figure that represents 75 per cent of total injuries sustained through road transport crashes during the period.
It also reported that a total of 200 females were killed through road transport crashes during the period while 1,753 females
were reported injured.
The report shows that the total number of road traffic crashes in Q3 2025 was 2,434 which indicates a 7.49 per cent
decrease from the 2,631 crashes recorded in the previous quarter, and a 25.92 per cent increase from the 1933 crashes recorded in the same period, Q3 2024.
The NBS report noted that serious cases were the most occurring road traffic crash cases with 1,566 occurrences compared to fatal and minor cases with 589 and 279; respectively.
It notes that the total vehicles involved in road traffic crashes in Q3 2025 were 3,710, with cars, trucks and minibuses having the lion’s share of 829, 677 and 674 cases respectively.
Zonal analysis of the crashes shows that the North-Central zone recorded the highest number of crashes in Q3 2025 with 729 followed by the South-West zone with 728, while the South-East had the least with 128.
Similarly, the North-Central reported the highest number of casualties with 2149 followed by the South-West with 1986, while the South-East recorded the least with 463.
On the major causes of road traffic crashes, the NBS report blamed speed violation which was responsible for 243 crashes in the North East, 344 cases in the North West, 653 crashes in the North Central, 92 cases in South East, 796 in the South West and 156 in the South South.
The report also shows that 71 per cent of the crashes involved commercial vehicles, private vehicles accounted for 27 per cent while government vehicles accounts for only 1.50 per cent. The least involved according to the report is diplomatic vehicles which only accounted for 0.10 per cent.