The Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE) on Monday disclosed that its men have arrested 345 road traffic offenders during the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown in the state.
The Command also said, no fewer than 11 persons died while 44 others sustained injuries in various road crashes in the State since the commencement of lockdown between April 4 and May 8.
The Spokesman of the agency, Babatunde Akinbiyi in a statement in Abeokuta, the State capital, explained that during the period, 41 road crashes, involving 15 private cars, 11 private buses, 18 commercial cars, 2 motorcycles, 12 commercial buses, 4 medium trucks and 5 heavy trucks were recorded.
According to him, out of the reported 41 crashes, eight of them were fatal, 20 serious crashes while the remaining 13 were minor crashes.
“During this period 212 persons were involved in road traffic crashes, out of which 44 persons (30 males, 14 females) sustained various degrees of injuries, 11persons (10 adult males, 1 female child) killed and 157 persons were rescued unhurt.
“46.31 per cent of the crashes was caused by excessive speed, 24.40 per cent by dangerous driving, 8.64 per cent by bad tyres, 7.28 per cent by driving against traffic and 13.37 per cent by other causes.
“The above report was witnessed by TRACE Corps in areas covered only,” he said.
He said that the TRACE Corps also turned back a total of 972 vehicles at various border towns in the state during the ongoing lockdown.
Akinbiyi reiterated that the resolve to reduce deaths and injuries on all roads in the state was being pursued vigorously and relentlessly such that no traffic offender shall go unpunished.
