Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) has appealed to the Secretary to the Government of the Federal (SGF) to assist it in sustaining the implementation of speed control strategy.

Corps Marshal, Boboye Oyeyemi, also appealed to the SGF to assist the Commission to regulate the importation of fairly-used tyres, also stressing the need for restriction on importation of fake, expired or substandard tyres into the country.

Oyeyemi, however, noted that the Commission had recorded one per cent decrease in the number of persons who died in road crashes in the month of July 2016 compared with June.

According to him, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) command of the Commission recorded the highest number of crashes with 188 cases involving 626 people causing varying degree of injuries to 191 persons.

He stated that Kaduna, Nasarawa and Niger states followed in the high rate of road traffic crashes with 61, 50, and 49 recorded, saying within the period, the Lagos-Ibadan road was identified as most prone route with 33 crashes recorded which claimed the lives of 42 persons and 109 injured.

Oyeyemi noted that “after the Lagos-Ibadan road is the Abuja-Lokoja road with 30 cases, claiming 10 lives and leaving 83 persons injured, saying the Abuja-Kubwa road assumed the third position, with 25 cases recorded.

He, however, said the Commission planned to conduct road audit/researches, increase public enlightenment and enforcement of speed violation, among others, to curb road crashes.

The Corps Marshal expressed optimism that further improvement could be sustained with support from the Federal Government with regards to curbing excessive speeding on the roads.