Federal Road Safety Corps, says the country will actualise the year twenty-twenty United Nations declaration on reduction of road crashes.

According to the Lagos State Command, the Corps can actualise the declarations, saying countries should endeavour to reduce road crashes by half on or before the year twenty-twenty.

Its Sector Commander, Hyginus Omeje, who made the remark at the Corps’ twenty-nineth thanksgiving ceremony, said the Corps had adopted some technological means through which road crashes could be drastically reduced.

He said with the implementation and enforcement of speed limiters, road crashes would be reduced to the barest minimum, advising motorists to always obey traffic rules and regulations, in order to make them free from crashes.

Acting Zonal Superintendent, Reverend Temitope Kehinde, during the sermon, titled “Disobedience,” advised motorists to always obey God and constituted authority.

Kehinde, the presiding pastor of the Church, in his message gave kudos to the FRSC for their efforts in reducing road crashes on a daily basis.

The Reverend also appealed to motorists to desist from driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol.

FRSC was established on Feb. 18, 1988 to checkmate motorists and help in reducing the number of road accidents.

Road traffic injuries, according to UN, remained a major public health challenge and a leading cause of death, injury and disabilities around the world.

Each year, nearly 1.3 million people die and between 20 million and 50 million others are injured as a result of road crashes.

More than 90 per cent of these deaths occur in low-income and middle-income countries, which have less than half of the world’s vehicles.

Road traffic injuries are among the three leading causes of death for people between 5 and 44 years of age.