Cecelia Alao, the Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Akwa Ibom State, said today in an interview with Newsmen that it 118 road crashes and 37 deaths in the state.
The accident victims who lost their lives were 19 males, 17 females and a child, she detailed.
She said the 118 road crashes recorded in 2015 was lower than the153 cases recorded the previous year.
Ms Alao attributed the reduction to effective patrol and rigorous sensitization campaign carried out by the FRSC especially during festive periods.
“We brainstormed and strategized on our corporate goals in line with the emerging traffic challenges to curb certain issues coming up within the year.
“We had very robust and tasking goals in 2015 among which was to ensure reduction in road traffic crashes which we achieved very reasonably in Akwa Ibom State,” she said.
The sector commander said that the predominant risk factors to road crashes in the state were speed limit violation and dangerous overtaking.
According to her, research has shown that about 53 per cent of road traffic crashes across the country is caused by over-speeding.
The sector commander appealed to stakeholders, including the state government, to collaborate with the command, to achieve its core mandate of zero road crashes in 2016.
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