Eighty-one persons have lost their lives in eight hundred and twenty-seven road accidents recorded in Lagos state from May last year to March this year.

According to government, one thousand one hundred and seventy-five persons received various degrees of injuries in the crashes during the period under review.

Transportation Commissioner, Ladi Lawanson gave the figures at the Ministerial Press Briefing to mark the three years in office of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, at Alausa, Lagos.

Lawanson said as always, human error and indiscipline had been identified as most frequent reason for road accidents, saying the State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA recorded 827 road traffic crashes involving about 3, 898 vehicles leading to 1,256 casualties.

”Out of the 1, 256 casualties recorded during period under review, 81 persons lost their lives (54 male adults, 21 female adults, one male child and five female children), while 1,175 persons comprising of 686 male adults, 416 female adults, 44 male children and 29 female children received various degrees of injuries,” he said.

Lawanson said further analysis showed that 61 of the crashes were fatal, and the vehicle ownership revealed that 1, 864 were private vehicles, 2,024 commercial vehicles and 11 were government vehicles.

He said human, mechanical and environmental factors accounted for the crashes, saying the agency also impounded 7, 419 vehicles for different violations of the state traffic laws.

Lawanson said government recognised that the ongoing traffic improvement intervention activities had been contributing to the traffic gridlock and impediments to free flow of traffic in some areas of the state.

He appealed to residents to be patient with the government, saying that the pains of today will become the gains of commuters and other road users who skill reap the benefits of modern transportation synergy.