According to the World Health Organization (WHO), Africa is the continent with the highest annual road fatality rate, yet it accounts for only a marginal share of the world's car fleet. On the continent, the average rate of road traffic deaths is 27.5 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants, far ahead of the Americas and Europe, whose rates are close to 9 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants.
Also, WHO estimated that 41,693 deaths on Nigerian roads was 2.82 percent of the global total. The World Bank ranks Nigeria 54th in the world in the number of road accidents.
Road traffic Accidents constitute a major health and development problem all over the world, but its negative impact is more evident within the African Region. Despite the various initiatives by NGOs such as the WHO in partnership with local government agencies such as the Ministry of Transport (MOT), and the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), road traffic deaths continue to rise, with an annual 1.35 million fatalities. Every year, over 39,000 Nigerians die from road crashes. In a 2018 Global Status Report on Road Safety, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated road traffic fatalities in Nigeria at 39,802, while the estimated rate per 100,000 deaths stood at 21.4.
