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The risk of dying as a result of a road traffic injury is highest in the African Region (26.6 per 100 000 population), and lowest in the European Region (9.3 per 100 000). [3] Adults aged between 15 and 44 years account for 59 percent of global road traffic deaths. 77 percent of road deaths are males. [6]
August 28 – Nigeria – Abuja bus crash. A lorry crushed three buses after its brakes failed, rolling backwards into a crowded bus station and killing over 70. Related riots the next day killed four more people. [3] November 5 – Nigeria – Ibadan road tanker explosion. A petrol tanker ploughed into a traffic jam and exploded, killing 100 ...
Pages in category "Road incidents in Nigeria" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
[5] [6] While traveling on an expressway near the town of Majiya in Jigawa State, the tanker overturned while attempting to avoid crashing into a truck, causing petrol to spill onto the road. Many villagers came to the scene and tried to scoop up the spilled petrol, some source claiming a generator was in use in order to collect the petrol [ 7 ] .
The explosion took place around 9:00 a.m. WAT at the Dikko junction along the major highway connecting Nigeria's federal capital of Abuja to Kaduna.According to the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Niger State leader Kumar Tsukwam, the incident began when a tanker truck carrying gasoline overturned, spilling its contents.
About half of all speed-related fatal accidents occurred on urban roads in 2021, along with 35% on rural roads, while only 14% occurred on interstate highways. And while speeding anywhere can be ...
The section of I-25 from Las Cruces to Santa Fe on Interstate 25 in the state was considered to be one of their most dangerous roads as it is a frequent site of fatal crashes.
Molo road tanker fire: Molo, Kenya, Kenya 110 12 March 1995 Tamil Nadu truck collision [150] Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu, India 104 18 August 1968 Gero bus crash [145] Gero, Gifu, Japan 100–200 5 November 2000 Ibadan road tanker explosion [151] Ibadan, Lagos, Nigeria 100+ 10 August 2019 Morogoro fuel tanker explosion [152] Morogoro, Tanzania 98