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With the continued dangerous trend of road traffic accidents in Nigeria then, which placed it as one of the most road traffic accident (RTA) prone countries worldwide (the most in Africa) in 2013, [6] the Nigerian government saw the need to establish the present Federal Road Safety Corps in 1988 to address the carnage on the highways.
The Abuja–Kaduna Highway or Abuja–Kaduna Expressway is a highway in Nigeria.It connects the national capital of Abuja with the city of Kaduna.Depending on the definition used, [a] it is between 155 kilometres (96 mi) [1] and 200 kilometres (120 mi) [2] in length.
Low-income countries now have the highest annual road traffic fatality rates, at 24.1 per 100,000, while the rate in high-income countries is lowest, at 9.2 per 100,000. [ 3 ] Seventy-four percent of road traffic deaths occur in middle-income countries, which account for only 53 percent of the world's registered vehicles.
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.
Federal Road Safety Corps (Nigeria) Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (Nigeria) O. Simon Obi This page was last edited on 21 September 2019, at 01:47 (UTC). ...
Okobie road tanker explosion [148] Okobie, Nigeria 115 17 November 2016 Caphiridzange tanker explosion [149] Caphiridzange, Mozambique 113 31 January 2009 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
How Vision Zero would fix dangerous roads in Greenville On Dec. 1, 2022, Mayor Knox White signed a proclamation declaring the city of Greenville to be a "Vision Zero City."
The Federal Highway System of Nigeria also known as Trunk A national roads connects economic and political centers within the country, in addition it links Nigeria with its neighboring countries.These roads are constructed and maintained by the Federal Government of Nigeria through the Federal Ministry of Works and the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency.