Nigeria Road Traffic Crashes Q4 2025 — 2,731 Crashes, 1,374 Deaths
Nigeria recorded 2,731 road traffic crashes in Q4 2025, up 12.2% from Q3 and 6.72% from Q4 2024. 1,374 people died and 8,726 were injured. Speed violation caused over 57% of all crashes. The South-West zone recorded the most crashes (763) while North-Central had the most casualties (2,649). Official NBS/FRSC data.
Nigeria loses nearly 15 lives per day on its roads — 1,374 in just one quarter. Speed violation alone accounts for 57% of all crashes across all zones, suggesting that enforcement cameras and speed bumps on federal highways could have an outsized impact. Commercial vehicles (buses, minibuses, trucks) are involved in 70.81% of crashes despite being a minority of registered vehicles. The North-Central zone's 2,649 casualties from just 744 crashes indicates particularly severe crash outcomes, likely linked to heavy truck and trailer traffic on the Abuja-Kaduna-Kano corridor.