The Oyo State Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps said it recorded 107 deaths in 137 road accidents within the first quarter of 2015. The Sector Commander, Mr. Yusuf Salami, added that 688 persons sustained injuries within the period.
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The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Monday commenced an operation on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway to ensure that trucks, trailers and tanker drivers complied with traffic rules. The operation, tagged, Operation Scorpion, started at different strategic points on the expressway, including the Ojota toll gate, Mowe and Ogere areas.
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The Federal Road Safety Corps and the Anambra State Government have agreed to work together to ensure maximum safety on the road. This follows a recent fuel tanker accident that in the state that claimed several lives and valuable property. This was the outcome of a visit by the Corps Marshal of the FRSC, Mr. Boboye Oyeyemi, to the state […]
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The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) Mobile Court at Kakau Unit of the Kaduna Sector Command on Friday convicted 29 motorists for various traffic offences and discharged six others. The sector’s Legal Officer, Mr. Fawzy Garba, who made this known in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria in Kaduna, said a total of 35 motorists were arrested.
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The Federal Road Safety Corps has expressed displeasure to the poor response of fleet operators to the Road Transport Safety Standardisation Scheme. But the corps says it will forge ahead with its enforcement of safety standard among motorists, especially commercial drivers.
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The Federal Road Safety Corps has announced that it will begin the enforcement of minimum standards for petroleum tankers and trucks as from September 1, 2015. It said after the deadline, all fuel tankers found not to have met the minimum safety standards would be prevented from loading petroleum products at depots.
Continue reading »The Federal Road Safety Corps has said it will henceforth prosecute drivers and owners of falling trucks as part of measures to curb frequent road accidents caused by articulated vehicles. The Corp Marshal, FRSC, Mr. Boboye Oyeyemi, had on Sunday arrested a truck driver in the Oluyole area of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway for towing an improperly latched truck and ordered […]
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The Corp Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC), Mr. Boboye Oyeyemi has declared that the tanker drivers involved in the recent auto crashes will be prosecuted as soon as preliminary investigations are concluded with a view to setting a precedence to serve as a deterrent.
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A tow truck belonging to the Federal Road Safety Commission in Edo State and two other vehicles were burnt in an auto crash involving a tanker on the Benin-Ore Road. The FRSC Sector Commander in Edo, Mr. Oluwasusi Familoni, who confirmed the accident in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Saturday in Benin, said the driver of […]
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The Federal Road Safety Corps has given indications that it will commence testing petrol tanker drivers at fuel loading bays to check their alcohol level and other related drugs. This is in effort to check the spate of accidents involving petrol tankers across the country, following three different cases of accidents which occurred in Lagos within one week in which […]
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The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has expressed deep concern over the recent spate of road traffic accidents involving tankers and trailers on Nigerian highways. At a One-Day Stakeholder’s Summit on “Haulage Operations for National Development” in Abuja on Monday, the Corps Marshal of FRSC, Mr. Boboye Oyeyemi, said that from January to June 2015 alone, 1193 vehicles caused road […]
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The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has identified drug abuse as one of the major causes of road crashes in Nigeria. Speaking at a sensitization programme for commercial drivers in Kaduna, Chief Inspector Atese Ben noted that drug intake impairs the vision of a driver, thereby causing him/her to misjudge distance. He said in some instances, it could make a […]
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