At least 143 persons have reportedly died, and 843 others injured in Edo state. The deaths were due to auto crashes which occurred in the state in 2017, the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC.
Samuel Odukoya, the FRSC Sector Commander, said this on Tuesday.
Odukoya said 226 auto crashes were recorded in the state during the period involving 2,285 persons comprising 1,539 males, 598 females and 148 children.
The sector commander disclosed that during the yuletide alone, 21 cases of traffic crashes were recorded with 101 casualties of which 11 were killed and 90 persons injured.
According to him, a greater percentage of the accidents were due to over speeding, followed by mechanical deficiencies in the vehicles with brake failure alone accounting for about 10 per cent.
Odukoya added that two per cent of the accidents were due to tyre burst, while road traffic violations and wrong overtaking also accounted for two per cent each.
