The Dangote Group’s cement transport fleet recorded a 56 percent reduction in road crashes between the first quarters of 2025 and 2026 following the implementation of recommendations from a Federal Road Safety Corps safety gap analysis conducted on its operations in September 2025, a result the corps described as a demonstration of what data-driven institutional collaboration could achieve in Nigeria’s road safety environment.

Murillo Silva, Head of Transport at Dangote Group, visited the FRSC national headquarters in Abuja to formally commend Corps Marshal Shehu Mohammed for the professional impact of the audit, presenting comparative data that showed crashes dropping from 25 in the first quarter of 2025 to 11 in the same period of 2026. Fatal crashes declined by 36 percent. Persons injured fell 52 percent from 89 to 42. Deaths dropped 60 percent from 35 to 14.

The FRSC gap analysis had identified critical operational problems including speed limiter violations, poor driver rest management, overloading, weak safety monitoring systems, and crash exposure linked largely to human factors. Following implementation of the recommended corrective actions, the data showed that systematic safety management produced measurable results within a single financial year.

Corps Marshal Mohammed described the Dangote example as a demonstration that strategic partnerships, data-driven interventions, and institutional collaboration were the essential ingredients for improving road safety in Nigeria. He praised the company for accepting professional scrutiny and acting on the findings, and called on other fleet operators to adopt similarly proactive approaches to safety management.