This statistics was announced by the Zonal Commanding Officer of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Samuel Obayemi, in Kaduna after decorating four officers who were promoted to their next ranks in the zone.
Obayemi said the analysis of accident statistics in the first quarter of the year, showed that 119 cases were recorded, as against 281 during the same period last year.
He said the positive result was realised in spite of the various challenges of logistics and inadequate public awareness faced by the zonal command.
"The number of persons injured dropped from 1,996 in the first quarter of 2011 to 975 in the same period this year, showing a decrease of 1,021 or 51.2 per cent, while the number of vehicles involved in accident dropped reasonably within the period."
He listed other challenges facing the zone as the inability of the command to fully enforce the use of crash helmets by motorcyclists and over speeding by some segment of unregistered road transport workers.
The zonal commander appealed to the government to deploy more operational vehicles to the zone for effective patrol of the major roads.
The four officers who were decorated included the Deputy Corps Commander (DCC), Shehu Usman, who was promoted to Corps Commander (CC) and posted to Yobe as Sector Commander.
David Sayi, who was a Deputy Corps Commander, was made Corps Commander and posted to Kebbi as a Sector Commander, while Deputy Corps Commander Aliyu Umar, now Corps Commander, was posted to Jigawa as a Sector Commander.
Similarly, Macharch Jatau, who was Assistant Corp Commander, was elevated to Deputy Corps Commander and RS1 Kaduna Sector Head of Administration and Human Resources.
Obayemi, who was the Acting Commanding Officer of the Zone, was redeployed to the FRSC headquarters as Head of Command Administration and Strategy Operation Department.
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