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Over 6,000 dead in road crashes

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    A total of 6,797 people died and more than 20,000 were injured in 12,000 road accidents recorded in Nigeria in 2000, the French news agency, AFP, reported on Thursday quoting official figures released by the Federal Road Safety Corps. Last year's deaths were 14.28 percent more than the 5,921 recorded in 1999, while the number of the injured rose by 14.1 percent from 18,001 in 1999 to 20,555. According to the report, heavy traffic on poorly maintained roads, in addition to dangerous driving, accounted for the high accident rates.

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