SHOCKING! 186,300 CHILDREN KILLED IN ROAD ACCIDENTS – FRSC

Man with 4 children on a motorcycle

This might come as unbelievable and very disturing to Nigerians but the Federal Road Safety commission (FRSC) has confirmed that no fewer than 186,300 children are killed globally by road accidents every year.

The Zonal Commanding Officer, FRSC 2, Ojodu, Lagos, Assistant Corps Marshal Charles Akpabio, recently made this known while speaking at an event.

The event was to mark the 2015 United Nations Global Road Safety Week, themed, ‘Children and Road Safety’.

Akpabio, who noted that the programme was to reduce children’s vulnerability to road accidents, said the government must also enhance road infrastructure to curtail crashes.

He said, “In 2011, the United Nations General Assembly said a programme must be launched to cut down the deaths of children by avoidable road accidents. Nigeria as a signatory has therefore joined.