HUH! National Bureau of Statistics Reveals That Less Than 10% of Nigerians Own Cars

The National Bureau of Statistics has released their road transport report for the second quarter of the year. According to the details of the report, less than 10% of Nigerians own vehicles.

The Bureau pegged the total population of the country at 193.4 million, and placed the vehicle population of the country at 11.5 million.

According to the report, 1,279 Nigerians were killed in road accidents in April, May and June.

The report reads in part, “A total of 8,270 Nigerians got injured in the road traffic crashes recorded. 7,805 of the 8,270 Nigerians that got injured, representing 94 per cent of the figure, are adults while the remaining 465 Nigerians, representing six per cent of the figure are children.

“6,217 male Nigerians, representing 75 per cent, got injured in road crashes in Q2 while 2,053 female Nigerians, representing 25 per cent, got injured.

“Similarly, a total of 1,279 Nigerians got killed in the road traffic crashes recorded in Q2. 1,207 of the 1,279 Nigerians that got killed, representing 94 per cent of the figure, are adults while the remaining 72 Nigerians, representing six per cent of the figure are children.

“1,022 male Nigerians, representing 80 per cent, got killed in road crashes in Q2 while 257 female Nigerians, representing 20 per cent got killed.”

According to the report, the areas with the highest number of road crashes in the second quarter were Abuja, Kaduna and Niger states whilst Borno and Bayelsa states recorded the lowest road accidents.

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Posted: at 1-08-2017 07:50 AM (6 years ago) | Addicted Hero

But na true na. How many cars dey Naija.. Na because no good roads, that is why many people think sey car plenty.. but the fact is that car no plenty compare to our population.. I BELIEVE THIS STATISTICS 100%

Posted: at 1-08-2017 09:35 AM (6 years ago) | Upcoming

abeg so nah just 10% Nigerians get all the cars wey dey Nigeria... hmmmm this is a call for concern

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Posted: at 1-08-2017 09:49 AM (6 years ago) | Addicted Hero

IT IS POSSIBLE O! NA ONLY IN LAGOS, ABJ N PH  CARS PLENTY

Posted: at 1-08-2017 03:06 PM (6 years ago) | Hero