Concerns over frequent road crashes in Nigeria
- Shidonna Raven
- Feb 20
- 2 min read
By OPE ADETAYO
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Updated 9:13 AM EST, December 30, 2025
Source: AP
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The high-profile accident has prompted serious concerns about road safety on Nigerian highways, where accidents are common.
The West African nation recorded 5,421 deaths in 9,570 road accidents in 2024, according to data by the country’s Federal Road Safety Corps. Its data showed 340 more people were killed in road accidents last year compared to 2023.
Experts say a combination of factors including a network of dilapidated roads, lax enforcement of traffic laws, and indiscipline by drivers, produces the grim statistics.
The stationary truck that Joshua’s vehicle hit is a fixture of Nigeria’s thoroughfares, often causing massive gridlocks. Goods and food are transported across Nigeria’s vast geographical reach via these trucks, which experts say tend to be in poor condition and are responsible for many accidents.
“The prevalence of accidents in Nigeria is a serious issue,” Ache Ogu, the CEO of the Road Accident Prevention Network Centre, an Abuja-based nongovernmental organization, told The Associated Press. “Most of the trucks are not in order, and the law enforcement agency needs to step up its efforts.”
Monisola Abosede, a 27-year-old marketer who lives in Lagos and commutes several kilometers every weekday for work, has been involved in two accidents in December alone.
“In Lagos, everyone is in a rush to get somewhere; people are always on the move,” she told The AP, blaming crashes on the city’s heavy traffic combined with the bad state of its road network.
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