By CHIAZO OGBOLU

The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority has said that 69 people died on roads in the state in the first quarter of 2026.

The authority also said that 246 others sustained varying degrees of injuries in accidents within the period.

The General Manager of LASTMA, Mr Olalekan Bakare-Oki, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lagos.

Bakare-Oki also said that the authority cleared more than 600 accident scenes during the period.

He said that LASTMA resolved more than 900 infractions by trucks and other articulated vehicles.

He added that the agency carried out 4,900 physical enforcements during the period.

Bakare-Oki told NAN that LASTMA captured about 17,942 offences during the period through technology-driven enforcement, including the use of Traffic Management Solutions devices.

According to him, LASTMA has zero tolerance for traffic infractions.

He said that impounded vehicles would be promptly arraigned before the Lagos State Mobile Court.

“For the first quarter, we have been able to improve on our service management especially ensuring that there is great improvement on the travel time of Lagos residents.

“We have done a total overhaul of all traffic equipment and recovery vehicles by ensuring that we reposition them strategically so that they can aid and improve our response time to traffic incident management.

“In terms of our personnel, we started with their training and re-orientation for better service delivery,”

Bakare-Oki said the agency had drawn up a year-long training calendar outlining how its personnel would be trained from January to December 2026.

“We are planning to train over 1, 000 of our men, and we have started – both internal and external training.

“We engaged various consultants for external training.

“As the months unfold, we will roll out and actively engage in high-level capacity-building programmes for all our staff,” he said. (NAN)