The Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE) in Ogun has said that 61 persons lost their lives in various road accidents across the state between January and March.
Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, the Public Relations Officer of TRACE disclosed this in release in Abeokuta containing the statistics of Road Traffic Crashes during the first quarter of the year.
The TRACE spokesman stated that out of 67 road crashes in January, 22 persons died, 19 deaths recorded from 65 crashes in February while in March, 20 deaths were recorded from 69 road accidents.
Akinbiyi explained that out of the 61 death recorded, 54 were male while seven were female.
He stated that 201 accidents were recorded during the period under review which comprised of 167 vehicles and 34 motorcycles.
The TRACE spokesman noted that 415 people sustained various degrees of injuries in the various accidents recorded , saying that 292 male and 123 female were injured.
He added that most of the accidents were caused by excessive speed, dangerous driving, wrongful overtaking, tyre burst, using mobile phone while driving among others.
The TRACE spokesperson appealed to motorists to drive cautiously especially around construction zones, obey traffic rules and regulations.
