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The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, says it has impounded at least 11,060 vehicles and booked 20,845 motorists for various traffic violations during its 2021 ‘Operation Zero Tolerance Special Patrol’.
The Corps Marshal, Boboye Oyeyemi, disclosed this at a press conference in Abuja.
He further stated that during the period, the corps also recorded 600 crashes involving 4,649 persons which claimed 327 lives.
Oyeyemi attributed the crashes to speed violation, driving under influence of drugs and alcohol, continuous night journey leading to fatigue, dangerous driving, wrongful overtaking, worn out and expired tyres, and overloading.
